The War of images

Modern television has the technical means to take us anywhere and show us anything. It can bring us the physical experience of war, with all its horrors, like no other medium. And yet the image of American war on television is increasingly disembodied, bloodless, and unreal. The War of Images traces the development of the image of war on American television from Vietnam to the present day to understand why we see what we see when we look at war on television. The film tells the story of how the perception of war has become as important as war itself. And asks how Democracy can be served if citizens are denied a true understanding of the daily consequences of the wars their nations fight. Vietnam was the “living room war,” the first war played out on television. The debate over whether or not television “lost the war” have had far reaching consequences on how we see war on television today. The Pentagon, and the White House, have evolved strategies to control the image of war. Television has adapted. EThe War of Images uses outstanding reports and images from American wars of the last thirty years to explore the changing role of the war correspondent and the strange disappearance of the body from the image of war. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)