『상징주의』, 영화에서의 가능성 = Symbolism, Possibility in Film

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Film`s most notable characteristic as a medium is how it materializes physical reality more than any other form of art. Therefore, film has been brought up by thinking about the relationship between art and reality. Most films are developed through agonizing on the border of reality. But, there were some attempts at trying to exceed the limitations of the medium since the early years of film. Let`s recall the history of other arts that tried to reproduce reality. Symbolism of the 19th century was one of the first movements that pursued essence beyond reality. The purpose of this essay is to take a look at the change of ex-realization in films by the historicity of symbolism. Also, to tap-out the possibility of it, I`d like to define the meaning of symbolism. Not just introducing historical facts, but also to find the relationship between the film and the historical facts in the flow of it. Charles Chadwick`s study of literature was a great inspiration in writing this essay. After all that preceded work, this essay focuses on specific films which follow the tradition of symbolism. The subject of debate includes surrealism, film which is directly related to symbolism, French impressionism film, and avant-garde films of the 1920s. Moreover, since those films that were mentioned before are relatively pertaining to early films, 4th Chapter analyzed Hans-Jurgen Syberberg`s Hitler: A Film from Germany which can be classified as contemporary symbolistic film. It shows that symbolism have persistent influence over the films. This analysis owes a lot to Susan Sontag`s essay. By the analysis of the defined meaning of symbolism, and of the influence of it-, we can comprehend that symbolism concretely exists in the fate of ex-realization of film.