Naslov
Running in Circles. Representation of Social Structure in Bong Joon Ho's film Snowpiercer

Autori
Sumpor, Svjetlana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Living in the End Times: Utopian and Dystopian Representations of Pandemics in Fiction, Film and Culture / Atasoy, Emrah - Carlton : Cappadocia University, 2021, 91-92

Skup
Living in the End Times: Utopian and Dystopian Representations of Pandemics in Fiction, Film and Culture

Mjesto i datum
Nevşehir, Turska; Ürgüp, Turska, 13.01.2021. - 15.01.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Snowpiercer, climate change, social inequality, dystopia, post-apocalypse, revolution, circular motion

Sažetak
Critically acclaimed Bong Joon Ho's film Snowpiercer (2013) is one of the most powerful filmic dystopias of the early 21st century. It is also a fine example which shows how century old genre of dystopia has greatly profited from interference and merging with postapocalyptic narrative ; a procedure so typical for dystopias of the first two decades of our century. Snowpiercer presents a narrative which moves from showing a complete dissolve in postapocalyptic chaos to rebuilding of a society on the basis of unjustly accumulated and distributed wealth and power. It narrates a story about the last human survivors of the new ice age - an aftermath of the experiment with global climate - boarded on the train in perpetual circular motion. The living conditions on the train are luxurious for some and extremely harsh for others, depending on the socio-economic status of the individuals at the time of the boarding, which leads to the revolt and the revolution of the unprivileged ones. Human-induced catastrophic climate change therefore is a pretext for the analysis of the social structure, which is the true focus of the Bong Joon Ho's film. The film abounds in class symbolism: from the topography of train sections to the topography of human body, a strict hierarchy of functions is established and posited as a model for a class stratification. This paper will especially focus on analysing rich symbolism of the circle and circular movement in their ironically double nature, as they are presented in the film. The circular motion of the locomotive is advocated by the "upper" class as the first and main prerequisite of sustaining all life, while "bottom" class recognizes it as a symbol of perpetuating the unjust system, and therefore strives to break the historical socio-economic vicious circle which entraps and enslaves them.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filmska umjetnost (filmske, elektroničke i medijske umjetnosti pokretnih slika)

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