지아장커 영화, 중국사회에 대한 비판적 성찰과 실험적 기록

Abstract

This study approaches the filmmaking methods of Jia Zhanke by analyzing the effects of changed china film industry and the principle of directing style in terms of form. So called ‘sixth generation’ movement of china cinema is used for understanding a relationship between Jia Zhanke’s film and historical aspect of china cinema. And by analyzing the formal aspect of his film, we are able to figure out the personal style of his filmmaking and objectify the analyze method in a various way. Generally, Jia Zhangke’s directing method is based on the documentary style. however this is not a precondition of his filmmaking. The reason Jia Zhanke utilizes the characteristics of documentary filmmaking has been more than just using conventional language of documentary genre. Jia Zhangke’s documentary style is based on his way to observe society of china critically. The cinematic characteristics of Jia Zhanke’s film can be understood in these four context; observation and aboriginality, fictional expression for realistic description, contingency and improvisation, foregrounding of characters. Analysis based on these four elements gives possibilities to understand Jia Zhangke’s personal style of filmmaking beyond the general interpretation based on the ‘discussion of six generation movement’.