Critical Discourse Analysis Representing the Discourse Confrontation of " Damascus Time" Movie with Theo van Leeuwen Approach

This study aim is critical discourse analysis of representation discourse confrontation of "Damascus Time" movie. This movie has been produced with "OWJ Media” organization financial support. So, this movie has been produced with State-ownership and based on its favorable discourses. The Islamic Republic of Iran fought ISIS in the Syrian war for political, cultural, and social reasons. This movie represented Iranian pilots’ activities in Syria and their fight against ISIS. In this study, this movie was analyzed based on Theo van Leeuwen's critical discourse analysis method. results Show that this movie represents actors in the ISIS and non-ISIS poles. So, ISIS are fundamentalist, absolutist, big-bodied, fierce, and savage and non-ISIS are Civilized, fit body and normal. The discourse polarization of this movie is in accordance with the desired polarization of power in Iran. In other words, we see Foucault's "Panopticism" of power to spread the beliefs and discourse sought to build the nation's approval. In addition, both poles have Prototypes of each other; ISIS call other, religion and God enemies and in contrast non-ISIS, all ISIS call irrational and savage.