영화 오펜하이머를 둘러싼『바가바드 기타』인용구 논쟁과 해석

Controversy and Interpretation of Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita Surrounding the Movie Oppenheimer

본고의목적은2023년개봉한영화오펜하이머의주인공오펜하이머가트리니티핵실험에서힌두교의성전바가바드기타의“이제 나는죽음이요, 세상의파괴자가되었다”라는싯구를인용한것을사상적으로분석하는데있다. 오펜하이머가영화에서인용한기타의문 구는핵폭탄의자극적인섬광과버섯구름의이미지와함께세계종말의묵시록을구상화하는데크게기여한다. 오펜하이머의다큐멘터리, 인터뷰, 자서전을통해만났던기타의인용구는영화를통해재생산되고아이들은학교에서이문장을학습하고있다. 이글은오펜하이머 가말한기타의문구와오역의가능성을분석하면서인용구를둘러싼신화학자, 종교학자, 철학자들의비판을다각적으로살펴본다. 상징 적이고암시적인힌두교의짧은싯구가불러일으킨문화적논쟁을검토하고종교철학적진의와쟁점의이론적근거를제시하고자한다.

The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita during the Trinity nuclear test by Oppenheimer, the main character of the movie Op penheimer, released in 2023. The phrase he quotes is “Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Wo rlds”. The phrase from Gita quoted by Oppenheimer in the film, along with the image of the provocativ e flash of a nuclear bomb and a mushroom cloud, contribute greatly to the visualization of the apocalypse of the end of the world. Quotes from Gita that we encountered through Oppenheimer’s documentaries, interviews, and autobiography are reproduced through movies, and children are learning these sentences at school. This article analyzes the phrases in Oppenheimer’s Gita and the possibility of mistranslation, and interprets various criticisms from mythologists, religious scho lars, and philosophers surrounding the quote from various angles. This study analyzes cultural debates about symbolic and suggestive Hindu short verses and presents the theoretical basis for the true me aning and issues in religious philosophy. Through Oppenheimer’s film, the Gita has once again become a symbolic scripture representing Hinduism, and the passages he said are being reproduced as quot ations representing the Gita . At this point, we discussed the issues of debate and criticism by moder n scholars surrounding the passages.