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ISSN : 1229-5620(Print)
ISSN : 2288-7652(Online)
Literature and Religion Vol.21 No.4 pp.33-53
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14376/lar.2016.21.4.33

Pain of Disability and Salvation in Won-rae Kang’s Elevator.

Kim, Yong-sung

Abstract

Elevator is a short movie which was produced, directed, and mainly performed by Won-rae Kang. He was a famous singer and dancer of Clon, a popular dance music group, during the 1990s in Korea. The movie deals with the struggles of a disabled person who unexpectedly experiences a change of identity from being non-disabled to disabled. The plot of the movie is based on four episodes in elevators and one meeting between several disabled and non-disabled people in a playground near Anmok beach. However, the work is not just a movie that defends the rights of the disabled, but it reveals some characteristics in three aspects. First of all, the movie portrays a narrative of self-healing which can be regarded as an essential way of overcoming the pain of disability and pursuing salvation regardless of its type. Second, it also demonstrates its trait as a meta-film that shows self-consciousness and self-reflexivity. Finally, it uncovers the possibility of the disabled person’s life as an art.

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