Why Al Pacino's 'Dog Day Afternoon' Is More Relevant Than Ever
The 1975 biographical crime drama film Dog Day Afternoon wasn’t the first film to explore the media’s role in turning criminals into celebrities, as previously seen in Badlands, or to predict how dangerous and influential the media would become, as seen in Ace in the Hole and A Face in the Crowd. However, it was the first film to explore the compulsive need that everyone has to be in on the fun of watching a spectacle, in this case, the aftermath of a bungled bank robbery in Brooklyn. As cameras and onlookers gather outside the bank in growing numbers, the so-called hostages inside the bank run a gamut of emotions, from fear to morbid curiosity to eventually becoming cheerleaders.
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