The Reflection Of Post-9/11 American Foreign Policy In Hollywood Movies

Résumé: This Mémoire looks at the reflection of post 9/11 American foreign policy in Hollywood movies. This is important because the popularity of the Hollywood industry has reached the entire world; thus, it has a significant role in formulating people's views. This work reveals the role Hollywood plays in promoting and propagating American foreign policy, particularly at a time the film industry is censored and backed by various American government departments and agencies. The Mémoire too shows how stereotyped representations of Arabs and Muslims before the advent of the American cinema has influenced filmmakers and has been reinforced by them in the aftermath of 9/11 attacks. By comparing two Hollywood movies, American Sniper (2014) and Rendition (2007), this analysis stresses the portrayal of the 'good' American heroes who fight against the Muslims who are represented as terrorists in the post 9 /11 period by American movies industry. Based on this projection of American foreign as well as the portrayal of Arabs and Muslims as villains on the Hollywood screen, this work concludes that Hollywood is an extension of American ideology and government foreign policy.

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