오민욱의 다큐멘터리 <해협>에 나타난 역사 기술 연구

Abstract

This article deals with the history description that appeared in director Oh Min-wook’s feature documentary film Letters to Buriram(2019). This film is an experimental documentary about the memory of war, a common experience shared by various East Asian cities. History is a key keyword that penetrates all of Oh Min-wook’s works. By the way, Oh Min-wook’s films are different from ordinary historical documentaries. This is because he views history from the perspective of "now-here" rather than objectively revealing the historical truth. In Letters to Buriram, Oh Min-wook captures the scars of war and the anxiety and sadness that exist in people’s hearts in various cities. Letters to Buriram takes the form of a letter from a woman living in Taiwan to her mother living in Thailand. This film differs from his previous works in that it reveals the existence of human beings in the foreground. Letters to Buriram shows memorial ceremonies in various asian countries. In addition, the film itself is playing a role in calling out the existence of the war victims and replacing their gaze. However, it itself plays a role in evoking the existence of the war victims. As a result, Letters to Buriram became a kind of ritual. Influenced by Structuralist films, Oh Min-wook’s films reveal meaning through the structure of formal elements rather than directly speaking the theme. Letters to Buriram also reflects on history through the juxtaposition and overlap of images and sound. In this film, the series of a stacked structure with multiple images and sounds overlapping provides the possibility of comprehensively and simultaneously grasping a situation.