‘도시슬럼’을 통한 사회계층에 대한 공간연구－김기덕감독의 <피에타>를 중심으로－

Study on Space of hierarchy based on‘Urban Slum’－With focus on <Pieta> by director Kim Ki-duk－

In modern times, all the cities have pursued growth-oriented development constantly. One of its adverse effects is slums, which have propagated around the big cities around the world. The slums serve as a disposal plant for excess population. After pursuing prosperity and enormity, modern cities have created such slums. Films can reproduce the reality perceived by a director and the images are captured by the director. Director Kim Ki-duk adds a meaning to the diverse visual motifs while making his film. Also, he arranges strong visual images throughout the film. In particular, the contrast between good and evil and conscience and conscienceless is destroyed gradually in his film. As a result, it reveals the good or conscience that exists in the evil or conscienceless, destroying the contrast between the two opposite worlds. In a sociological sense, work-related activities are inseparable from the place of dwelling. Exceeding the spatial limitations is equivalent of exceeding the limitations of humans. Director Kim Ki-duk’s film expands the diverse motif utilization to a spatial domain, leading to a new hierarchical layer.