1. CINEMAS GEOPOLITICAL INFLUENCE Presented by: ABOU SALEH Habib DALPONT Chahndra NIETO Francisco WILLIAMS Harlem 2. ROADMAP TAKEAWAY MILITAINMENT X EVOLUTION X GLOBAL AWARNESS X PROPAGANDA X 3. Global Box Office earned $36 Billion USD in 2014 Film changes the world and impacts human ideology Militainment, the merger of the military and entertainment MILITAINMENT International 72% U.S/ Canada 28% Global Box Office All Films (Market Statistics 2014) EMEA 40.8% Asia Pacific 47.7% Latin America 11.5% International Box Office by Region All Films (Market Statistics 2014) 4. CINEMATIC BENEFITS FOR THE GOVERNMENT Supports economic, military and cultural power Depicts wars in a positive light Affirms foreign policy and action Depicting false threat Circulate apolitical culture 5. CINEMAS EVOLUTION TIME FRAME & INVOLVEMENT WWI WWII Vietnam 9/11 Request for Aid Blacklisting Anti-Communist Anti-Terrorism Anti-communist Anti-Axis powers Entertainment Liaison created Special Effects Focus on Sound Feature Films War Psychology 1915 1927 1940s 1960s 1968 1970s 1986 2001 Birth of a Nation Midway Star Wars Blackhawk Guadalacanal Green Berets Alien Down Air Force Wings 1st Academy Award Top Gun Platoon Conflict DOD Focus Industry Changes Years Films 6. CINEMA'S INFLECTIONS AND ROLES Cinema After September 11, 2001 US Department Of Defense Propaganda Global Awareness 7. GLOBAL AWARENESS: LORD OF WAR 8. HOW TO READ: LORD OF WAR The Lord of War has become a messenger for PEACE Motivation to think beyond a certain limit: QUESTIONABLE BUSINESS, and the ETHICS behind selling guns What are the BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES that the WORLD'S BIGGEST ARMS SUPPLIERS - USA, UK, Russia, France and China: the FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL? 9. DOD PROPAGANDAS MOVIES 10. US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROPAGANDA 11. HOW TO READ IRON MAN? The Cultural Power of Iron Man Cultural and ideological support to the U.S. Empire Affirm post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy in Afghanistan. The Military Power of Iron Man Iron Man supports U.S. military power and DODs public relations goals. DOD-Hollywood symbiotic (mutually beneficial) relationship. To make DOD look good and To make Hollywood money Iron Man supports U.S. Economic power $445M Box Office Walt Disney Company, 42B in 2012 acquired Marvel in 2009, exploiting IronMan figure: Ironman 2 #34 and Ironman #3 top historic seller. 12. WARNING LABEL: PLEASE BE AWARE BEFORE WATCHING MILITAINMENT: (NOUN) ENTERTAINMENT WITH MILITARY THEMES IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS CELEBRATED