공동체의 허상과 사랑의 이상: 토마스 빈터베르그의 <사랑의 시대(The Commune)>(2016)에 대하여

Abstract

In this article, I tried to look at the issues related to "the illusion of community" and "the ideal of love" in Thomas Vinterberg's The Commune(2016). Thomas Vinterberg has clearly shown cracks and anxiety located in a solid community from his previous work, The Hunt(2012). When community problems conflict with individual problems, the violence inherent in the community tends to stand out. This is revealed more accurately in The Commune. The film shows how dangerous the vague expectations and hopes of the community are, and shows the real problems and illusions surrounding the community as they are. The film is problematic in that it not only focuses on revealing the loopholes of the community, but also raises endless questions about "what is a true community" or "what is an individual within a community?" In the movie, the community starts in a state of disorder without principles and principles. To the extent that the anarchists mentioned briefly in the middle of the movie overshadowed the argument that they eventually pursued order, the community formed in the film is more of a common life than a community. Their communities show historically predicted community problems. At the same time, it raises the question of the function of the community whether the community can solve individual problems. The solution proposed by the director is love. This love is not love between individuals, but a love that has potential as a political event. The movie refers to an extended love that is a solidarity that will not be trapped in a community. It leaves the possibility of a violent and cruel community and other aesthetic communities. However, as a result, love disappears, and utopia also disappears. Therefore, the only thing left in the end is the question, “What is a community?”