Perić Diligenski, Tijana (2024) ABUSE OF POWER THROUGH THE PRISM OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL CINEMA. In: Film and Politics. Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, pp. 333-346. ISBN 978-86-7419-388-4

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Abstract

Film and politics are two separate entities whose sym�biosis leaves no one indifferent. At first glance, it looks like an oxymoron, since politics is the ‘art of the possi�ble’ while film is the art of impossible, i. e. imaginary. Film deconstructs political (un)reality, raises politically important questions, sometimes creates public opinion in the interests of political actors and decision-makers, which remains hidden for the film audience. Another touchpoint of both arts is the circumstance that both of them have their own scripts, actors, directors, costume designers, producers, and last but not least, consumers. The aim of this article is to explain how political cor�ruption works through the prism of mainstream movies (including documentary films) with political agenda and a strong (anti)corruption ethos. Selected cinematogra�phy examples are drawn from various moments in film history and geography and include Hollywood, Bolly�wood, Iberian and Russian political cinema. The au�thor focuses on the political analysis of the film’s view of the captured state, the financing of political parties, compromising material, in a word, the abuse of power.

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