김기덕 영화의 독창성과 해외 경쟁력 연구 = Special Topic : A Study on the Creativity and Competitiveness of Kim Ki-duk`s Films in the International Film Festivals

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There are several globally renowned Korean film directors, but Kim, Ki-duk is the only auteur to win prizes in all three of the famous international film festivals: Berlin, Venice, and Cannes. The purpose of this study is to discover the reason why his films won awards and were noticed by the international film festivals. In addition, some of the elements of the international film festivals, including the competitiveness of the films in terms of the invitations received and the prizes awarded was discussed. It is a well known fact that Kim Ki-duk is considered a polemic in Korea, while beloved abroad. So to speak, <3-Iron> awarded a prize for director in Berlinale and was released in 34 countries while attracting only 92,000 audiences in Korea. For his debut he made <Crocodile>, and subsequently, he received an invitation from the international film festival <Wild Animals>and <Birdcage Inn >. <The Isle> was invited to the competition at The Venice International Film Festival, one of three international film festivals that has helped him become known around the world. It might be because of his picturesque visual style, themes, and structure of the story that reveals his distinctive world-view that would appear refreshing to the jury and international audiences. It can be said that one of the key elements to be invited and to be awarded prizes at international film festivals is creativity and a thoughtful message of the movie. Since he has pursued his own personal artistic world-view, getting out of regular curriculum - he dropped out of school, - his films show uniqueness which is rarely found in established directors. In this study, among his 17 films from <Crocodile> to <Amen>, I treat the characteristic of his films focused on the films which were invitations and given awards in three international film festivals, focusing on his personal world view and cinematic language. The creativity of his world view is derived from overcoming the vertical thinking through the archetypal world and transcendental world. As for the originality of cinematic language, symbolism of a visual images was thought to be affected by his experience as a street painter producing a unique configuration as well as a variation in genre. In particular, his recent work <Arirang>, which embodies his everyday thoughts, is classified as a documentary but includes dramatic elements as well. In addition, <Arirang> shows Kim himself split into multiple objects to reveal hidden levels or layers throughout the movie. He thus communicates with the audience to show how he objectifies the inner surface of himself. In this paper, through criticisms and articles from abroad on Kim`s film, I discuss the competitiveness of Kim`s film in the international area. I found that rather than gaining a large audience overseas, the true value of film festivals is in preserving the originality of Kim Ki-duk film. This, therefore, provides us with several practical implications for the film`s competitiveness in international film festivals.