2000년대 할리우드 영화에 나타난 북한 이미지의 특징 연구

Abstract

Recently North Korea's image is frequently used in Hollywood blockbuster movies. Considering Hollywood movies are cultural texts revealing conscious and unconscious ideology current in America, those movies could be passage to read North Korea distorted by America. So this study will analyze three of Hollywood movies in 2000s, reading off America imagined in recent Hollywood movies and examine North Korea's image as the hostile other mobilized to reinforce 'Pax Americana'. Analysis showed <Die Another day>, <Stealth>, <Transformers> has established themselves each as essential texts for interpreting America right after 9/11, closing period of Iraq War, and plateau of Iraq. North Korea's image in movies was built differently following the periodical impact, but seen in a big frame it was being typed getting through constant distortion. Putting North Korea's image appeared in these movies together it can be classified as follows. First, North Korea is direct and indirect background of worldwide terrorism and leading power. Second, North Korea is a subject to be always distrusted even threatens peace by illegal economic activities and weapon development while showing friendly steps. Third, North Korea is a subject has to be disintegrated through immediate military punishment than conversation. Fourth, even the war breaks out in the Korean Peninsula the America holds operational control and warfare leadership which is of necessity. Fifth, North Korea is a place institutionalized to poverty and experience of violence constant torture and abuse happens regardless of local or foreign nations. Sixth, North Koreans(soldiers) are passive and brutal about the ideology of themselves. In Hollywood movies, more sensitive reading can be needed in respect of dangerous prejudice operating in narration covered by fancy special effects and elaborate sets, celebrated or highly favorable actor, and rapidly progressing dramatical narration. It also spreads the need of alert in respect of circulating to worldwide consumers without repulsion. This study is limited to a preliminary research about analysis of Hollywood movies based on North Korea. Accumulation of succeeding discussion by way of this advancing to arrange practical alternative is expected further after.