본 논문은 브라이언 N. 두채니(Brian N. Duchaney)의 『공포의 불꽃: 테크놀로지, 사회, 호러영화 The Spark of Fear: Technology, Society and the Horror Film』(2015)를 중심으로 호러영화의 사회문화사를 테크놀로지라는 키워드로 고찰한다. 영화장르에서 테크놀로지와 가장 밀접한 관계를 갖고 있는 장르는 SF이다. 이에 반해 호러는 테크놀로지와 반대되는 자연/초자연으로 주로 설명되어 왔다. 이런 점에서 『공포의 불꽃』이 호러영화의 역사를 테크놀로지에 대한 (반)작용으로 설명하는 것은 주목할 만하다. 고딕 소설의 영향 하에서 제작된 초기 호러영화는 산업자본주의가 야기한 테크놀로지에 대한 두려움을 반영한다. 예를 들어 <프랑켄슈타인 Frankenstein>(1931)에서 성난 군중들은 테크놀로지의 산물인 괴물을 가혹하게 린치하는데, 이는 테크놀로지가 주는 이질감과 공포에서 비롯한 행동이다. 이 군중행동은 또한 대공황 시기 산업자본주의에 의해 소외된 대중의 봉기를 연상시킨다. 전후 호황기에 등장한 SF호러 영화들에서 외계인으로 상징되는 타자들은 전후 미국의 번영의 가치를 파괴하는 존재이다. 이 때 번영은 교외화에 따른 중산층의 삶과 관련되며, 그들은 TV, 냉장고 등 생활 테크놀로지에 둘러싸여 순응주의적 삶을 살아간다. 베트남전 시대에 호러영화는 고립과 폐쇄의 공간인 집을 무대로 반문화 세대인 아이들을 악마화한다. 여기에서 공포는 테크놀로지의 완전한 부재에서 발생한다. 1980년대 이후 비디오, 인터넷, 스마트폰 등의 미디어는 외부세계와의 연결을 강화했지만 우리가 통제하지 못하는 또 하나의 외부 영향력이 되었다. 9.11 이후 호러 영화에 만연하는 '파운드-풋티지'와 '고문 포르노'는 관음/감시와 노출/전시의 테크놀로지가 포화 상태에 이르렀음을 드러낸다. 이런 점에서 『공포의 불꽃』은 테크놀로지 진보에 대한 기대와 공포가 우리의 일상적 삶과 불가분의 관계가 되고 있는 오늘날 시의적절한 통찰을 제공한다.
본 논문은 브라이언 N. 두채니(Brian N. Duchaney)의 『공포의 불꽃: 테크놀로지, 사회, 호러영화 The Spark of Fear: Technology, Society and the Horror Film』(2015)를 중심으로 호러영화의 사회문화사를 테크놀로지라는 키워드로 고찰한다. 영화장르에서 테크놀로지와 가장 밀접한 관계를 갖고 있는 장르는 SF이다. 이에 반해 호러는 테크놀로지와 반대되는 자연/초자연으로 주로 설명되어 왔다. 이런 점에서 『공포의 불꽃』이 호러영화의 역사를 테크놀로지에 대한 (반)작용으로 설명하는 것은 주목할 만하다. 고딕 소설의 영향 하에서 제작된 초기 호러영화는 산업자본주의가 야기한 테크놀로지에 대한 두려움을 반영한다. 예를 들어 <프랑켄슈타인 Frankenstein>(1931)에서 성난 군중들은 테크놀로지의 산물인 괴물을 가혹하게 린치하는데, 이는 테크놀로지가 주는 이질감과 공포에서 비롯한 행동이다. 이 군중행동은 또한 대공황 시기 산업자본주의에 의해 소외된 대중의 봉기를 연상시킨다. 전후 호황기에 등장한 SF호러 영화들에서 외계인으로 상징되는 타자들은 전후 미국의 번영의 가치를 파괴하는 존재이다. 이 때 번영은 교외화에 따른 중산층의 삶과 관련되며, 그들은 TV, 냉장고 등 생활 테크놀로지에 둘러싸여 순응주의적 삶을 살아간다. 베트남전 시대에 호러영화는 고립과 폐쇄의 공간인 집을 무대로 반문화 세대인 아이들을 악마화한다. 여기에서 공포는 테크놀로지의 완전한 부재에서 발생한다. 1980년대 이후 비디오, 인터넷, 스마트폰 등의 미디어는 외부세계와의 연결을 강화했지만 우리가 통제하지 못하는 또 하나의 외부 영향력이 되었다. 9.11 이후 호러 영화에 만연하는 '파운드-풋티지'와 '고문 포르노'는 관음/감시와 노출/전시의 테크놀로지가 포화 상태에 이르렀음을 드러낸다. 이런 점에서 『공포의 불꽃』은 테크놀로지 진보에 대한 기대와 공포가 우리의 일상적 삶과 불가분의 관계가 되고 있는 오늘날 시의적절한 통찰을 제공한다.
This paper examines a social and cultural history of horror films through the keyword "technology", focusing on The Spark of Fear: Technology, Society and the Horror Film (2015) written by Brian N. Duchaney. Science fiction film is closely connected with technology in film genres. On the other hand,...
This paper examines a social and cultural history of horror films through the keyword "technology", focusing on The Spark of Fear: Technology, Society and the Horror Film (2015) written by Brian N. Duchaney. Science fiction film is closely connected with technology in film genres. On the other hand, horror films have been explained in terms of natureernatural. In this regard, The Spark of Fear, which accounts for horror film history as (re)actions to the development of technology, is remarkable. Early horror films which were produced under the influence of gothic novels reflected the fear of technology that had been caused by industrial capitalism. For example, in the film Frankenstein (1931), an angry crowd of people lynch the "monster", the creature of technology. This is the action which is aroused by the fear of technology. Furthermore, this mob behavior is suggestive of an uprising of people who have been alienated by industrial capitalism during the Great Depression. In science fiction horror films, which appeared in the post-war boom, the "other" that manifests as aliens is the entity that destroys the value of prosperity during post-war America. While this prosperity is closely related to the life of the middle class in accordance with the suburbanization, the people live conformist lives under the mantle of technologies such as the TV, refrigerator, etc. In the age of the Vietnam War, horror films demonize children, the counter-culture generation against a backdrop of the house that is the place of isolation and confinement. In this place, horror arises from the absolute absence of technology. While media such as videos, internet, and smartphones have reinforced interconnectedness with the outside world since the 1980s, it became another outside influence that we cannot control. "Found-footage" and "torture porn" which were rife in post-9orror films which were produced under the influence of gothic novels reflected the fear of technology that had been caused by industrial capitalism. For example, in the film Frankenstein (1931), an angry crowd of people lynch the "monster", the creature of technology. This is the action which is aroused by the fear of technology. Furthermore, this mob behavior is suggestive of an uprising of people who have been alienated by industrial capitalism during the Great Depression. In science fiction horror films, which appeared in the post-war boom, the "other" that manifests as aliens is the entity that destroys the value of prosperity during post-war America. While this prosperity is closely related to the life of the middle class in accordance with the suburbanization, the people live conformist lives under the mantle of technologies such as the TV, refrigerator, etc. In the age of the Vietnam War, horror films demonize children, the counter-culture generation against a backdrop of the house that is the place of isolation and confinement. In this place, horror arises from the absolute absence of technology. While media such as videos, internet, and smartphones have reinforced interconnectedness with the outside world since the 1980s, it became another outside influence that we cannot control. "Found-footage" and "torture porn" which were rife in post-9/11 horror films show that the technologies of voyeurism/surveillance and exposure/exhibitionism are near to saturation. In this way, The Spark of Fear provides an opportune insight into the present day in which the expectation and fear of the progress of technology are increasingly becoming inseparable from our daily lives.11 horror films show that the technologies of voyeurism/surveillance and exposure/exhibitionism are near to saturation. In this way, The Spark of Fear provides an opportune insight into the present day in which the expectation and fear of the progress of technology are increasingly becoming inseparable from our daily live
This paper examines a social and cultural history of horror films through the keyword "technology", focusing on The Spark of Fear: Technology, Society and the Horror Film (2015) written by Brian N. Duchaney. Science fiction film is closely connected with technology in film genres. On the other hand, horror films have been explained in terms of natureernatural. In this regard, The Spark of Fear, which accounts for horror film history as (re)actions to the development of technology, is remarkable. Early horror films which were produced under the influence of gothic novels reflected the fear of technology that had been caused by industrial capitalism. For example, in the film Frankenstein (1931), an angry crowd of people lynch the "monster", the creature of technology. This is the action which is aroused by the fear of technology. Furthermore, this mob behavior is suggestive of an uprising of people who have been alienated by industrial capitalism during the Great Depression. In science fiction horror films, which appeared in the post-war boom, the "other" that manifests as aliens is the entity that destroys the value of prosperity during post-war America. While this prosperity is closely related to the life of the middle class in accordance with the suburbanization, the people live conformist lives under the mantle of technologies such as the TV, refrigerator, etc. In the age of the Vietnam War, horror films demonize children, the counter-culture generation against a backdrop of the house that is the place of isolation and confinement. In this place, horror arises from the absolute absence of technology. While media such as videos, internet, and smartphones have reinforced interconnectedness with the outside world since the 1980s, it became another outside influence that we cannot control. "Found-footage" and "torture porn" which were rife in post-9orror films which were produced under the influence of gothic novels reflected the fear of technology that had been caused by industrial capitalism. For example, in the film Frankenstein (1931), an angry crowd of people lynch the "monster", the creature of technology. This is the action which is aroused by the fear of technology. Furthermore, this mob behavior is suggestive of an uprising of people who have been alienated by industrial capitalism during the Great Depression. In science fiction horror films, which appeared in the post-war boom, the "other" that manifests as aliens is the entity that destroys the value of prosperity during post-war America. While this prosperity is closely related to the life of the middle class in accordance with the suburbanization, the people live conformist lives under the mantle of technologies such as the TV, refrigerator, etc. In the age of the Vietnam War, horror films demonize children, the counter-culture generation against a backdrop of the house that is the place of isolation and confinement. In this place, horror arises from the absolute absence of technology. While media such as videos, internet, and smartphones have reinforced interconnectedness with the outside world since the 1980s, it became another outside influence that we cannot control. "Found-footage" and "torture porn" which were rife in post-9/11 horror films show that the technologies of voyeurism/surveillance and exposure/exhibitionism are near to saturation. In this way, The Spark of Fear provides an opportune insight into the present day in which the expectation and fear of the progress of technology are increasingly becoming inseparable from our daily lives.11 horror films show that the technologies of voyeurism/surveillance and exposure/exhibitionism are near to saturation. In this way, The Spark of Fear provides an opportune insight into the present day in which the expectation and fear of the progress of technology are increasingly becoming inseparable from our daily live
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