Political Cinema and America’s Foreign Policy Toward Iran After September 11th

Subject Areas : Journal of Law and Politics

Allahyar elahi Elahi ^{1 *} , Abbas Soltanloo ^{2 *} , Ali Reza soltani ^{3 *}

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Received: 2015-11-04 Accepted : 2015-11-04 Published : 2013-11-22

Keywords: Cinema, Political Cinema, Hollywood, America’s Foreign Policy, Islamic Republic of Iran,

Abstract :

Hollywood’s Political cinema as the hub of America's moviemaking is a set ofprofitable companies which have been produced movies from the beginning of therise of the American film industry in the village of Hollywood, but over time, itsname encompassed all the American film industry. Hollywood has always been aconvenient tool in the hands of the government and the government has beenruling in America until they transfer what they have wanted such as; Viewpointsand also their Positions to others, clearly or unclearly.The question is: what is the position of Hollywood’s political cinema in America'sforeign policy toward Iran after September 11th attacks? It should be answered tothis question that, after September 11th, Hollywood filmmakers have beeninfluenced by America's foreign policy orientations and made movies by referringto the past events and Islamic Revolution and also presented negative and scaryface of Islamic republic in world public thoughts by disguising the fact.Accordingly, we have faced to prominent image of Iran and Iranian in WesternMedias and specifically in Hollywood’s cinemas by Iran phobia project in theyears after the September 11th. After that time, issues such as Islamic Revolution,hostage crisis, terrorist attacks of September 11th, human rights, nuclear power,religion, culture, war, Iranian women, 1388 events of Iran and etc. were the mainsubject of countless anti-Iranian Hollywood films such as Argo, Syriana, Notwithout my daughter, The Insider, Alexander, 300, Maryam, Crash, House of sandand fog, Red Rose, Rosewater and etc., which have been made to presentAmerica's foreign policy goals