Lee Chang-dong “Poetry”: Feminism from the Male Perspective
Abstract
With the development of the feminist movement and the concept of feminist cinema, feminist cinema has continued to develop. In recent years, feminist films have received widespread attention, but how to embody feminism from the male perspective in the male-dominated film industry has long been a hotly debated issue. This paper analyses the Korean realist director Lee Chang-dong’s film Poetry, combines Foucault’s theory of panoramic gaze, analyses the symbolic language in the film, and compares it with the works of other similar directors, aiming to discover the diversity of the presentation of feminist films through the analysis of the film and to explore how the male director can present feminism, to provide a reference meaning for the development of feminist films. It is found that the director presents feminism by symbolising the characters, reconstructing the gaze, and using religious symbols to sublimate the theme. In the film, poetry is also given various meanings to show women’s awakening and social problems. The director integrates feminism into the social background through the construction of characters and social environment and shows social problems through women’s sufferings.
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