2000년대 이후 한국 상업영화에서 나타난 정치적 이데올로기의 양극성: 영화교육의 관점에서

Abstract

Films are windows opened by directors to the world. Audiences see the landscape outside through the window in the direction and size the director has opened it. This is ideology. The frame provided by the director. Now the director has to create that window. Where, how, in what shape, with what colors and materials, how to make it. That is the director's biggest task. As Korean cinema industrialized rapidly in the 1990s, directors were liberated from the confines of subject matter and themes. With the end of the era of suppression and censorship that thoroughly oppressed freedom of expression under military regimes such as Park Chung-hee, Chun Doo-hwan, and Roh Tae-woo from the 1960s to the 1980s, filmmakers were able to freely unfold their worldview that had been suppressed for so long. Consequently, numerous filmmakers produced films revealing their political colors. If asked to name one of the most distinctive features of Korean cinema compared to other countries, it would undoubtedly be 'political ideology marketing.' The sharp confrontation between left and right ideologies still persists in Korean society. This culture, seemingly stemming from the unique history of Korea, is directly applied to films. Sometimes used as a tool to express the director's worldview and sometimes as a commercial marketing strategy for the success of a film, this culture didn't start with the syndrome that started at the end of 2023 with <12.12: THE DAY>. Of course, even before the 2000s, there were many films that championed anti-communist ideologies, but the emergence of political ideology in the free market economy without direct government intervention can be attributed to the industrialization of cinema after the 2000s. This paper aims to analyze types of films showing political ideology by examining films released after the 2000s that deal prominently with historical facts, fictional characters against historical backgrounds, films featuring historical figures, and films interpreting contemporary Korean society from a political perspective, and to explore the characteristics and implications of those ideologies. Additionally, through this research, I aim to provide students with a perspective on viewing the world and society as a professor teaching film.