The Guys as a Cinematic 9/11 Eulogy: Erasing Spectacle, Showing Text, and Engaging Non-visual Senses

• 영문명: The Guys as a Cinematic 9/11 Eulogy: Erasing Spectacle, Showing Text, and Engaging Non-visual Senses
• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: Chung Hwan Joe
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제51집 1호, 79~105쪽, 전체 27쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.05.30

영문 초록

9/11 was a “live on television” event, which completely changed the concept of terror and war in an unprecedented way. 9/11’s spectacular visual images prevented people from considering and reflecting on the event’s historical implications. The issue of portraying historical events in art is in how to represent the truth and show what happened, but 9/11’s issue is in how to avoid overvisualization. Visual overrepresentation is 9/11’s dilemma, and this is especially the case for feature movies, which must provide immersion and spectacle for the audience. The Guys attempts to find alternative ways to represent 9/11 by escaping from the visual spectacle of the fall of the Twin Towers. The film emphasizes writing instead of showing and attempts to engage the other senses—sound, taste, smell, and touch. Because it was an alternative to the mainstream Hollywood representations of disaster, The Guys was commercially unsuccessful, but for the same reason, it is a very meaningful attempt to represent 9/11 sincerely.

키워드

9/11 film representation overvisualization retraumatization non-visual senses