텔레비전 스크린의 <오만과 편견>: ‘헤리티지 영화’와 ‘다아시매니아’

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 문학과영상학회
· 수록지 정보 : 문학과 영상 / 10권 / 1호 / 55 ~ 82페이지
· 저자명 : 김종석

초록

The BBC’s 1995 Pride and Prejudice is a cultural commodity whose remarkable success gives us the opportunity to examine some major factors of its great popular appeal. First of all, one of the major attractions of this miniseries is to provide the audience with the spectacle of English heritage and tradition. The film shows some vital characteristics of the ‘heritage film’ which feature especially in its effective use of pastoral English landscape and country houses. The English landscape attracts the audience’s gaze so much so that the heroine of the movie is said to be overshadowed by “the real star of the show, Old England, bucolic and gorgeous.” The fact that the country houses used as film locations have become tourist attractions is one of the instances indicating the close links between the heritage film and the “heritage industry.”
The miniseries’ biggest appeal to a (female) audience is the transformation of Darcy into a romantic hero that has led to a phenomenon called “Darcymania” among British and American women. Colin Firth as Darcy expresses his passionate but repressed desire for Elizabeth through his acting with his eyes. To put it strongly, the film focuses not so much on Elizabeth as on Darcy gazing at her or thinking about her, who becomes the object of desire of the female spectator. Sometimes Darcy’s sensuality is displayed for the female spectator’s scopophilic gaze. Furthermore, Darcy’s transformation from “a self-centered male” into “a loving, caring companion” becomes another element that satisfies the female spectator’s fantasy about romance.

영어초록

The BBC’s 1995 Pride and Prejudice is a cultural commodity whose remarkable success gives us the opportunity to examine some major factors of its great popular appeal. First of all, one of the major attractions of this miniseries is to provide the audience with the spectacle of English heritage and tradition. The film shows some vital characteristics of the ‘heritage film’ which feature especially in its effective use of pastoral English landscape and country houses. The English landscape attracts the audience’s gaze so much so that the heroine of the movie is said to be overshadowed by “the real star of the show, Old England, bucolic and gorgeous.” The fact that the country houses used as film locations have become tourist attractions is one of the instances indicating the close links between the heritage film and the “heritage industry.”
The miniseries’ biggest appeal to a (female) audience is the transformation of Darcy into a romantic hero that has led to a phenomenon called “Darcymania” among British and American women. Colin Firth as Darcy expresses his passionate but repressed desire for Elizabeth through his acting with his eyes. To put it strongly, the film focuses not so much on Elizabeth as on Darcy gazing at her or thinking about her, who becomes the object of desire of the female spectator. Sometimes Darcy’s sensuality is displayed for the female spectator’s scopophilic gaze. Furthermore, Darcy’s transformation from “a self-centered male” into “a loving, caring companion” becomes another element that satisfies the female spectator’s fantasy about romance.

참고자료

· 없음