著者

田中 晋平

出版者

美学会

雑誌

美学 (ISSN:05200962)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.64, no.2, pp.85-96, 2013-12-31 (Released:2017-05-22)

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The aim of this paper is to analyze Theo Angelopoulos' film The Suspended Step of the Stork (To Meteoro Vima Tou Pelargou, 1991) and reveal its uniqueness in the director's filmography. First, I describe the outbreak of the civil war in Yugoslavia and Greece's relationships with its neighboring countries at that time. These events underlie the themes presented in this film, such as the borders between countries, refugees, and exiles. Further, I clarify the issue of the journey motif, associated with Homer's Odyssey, which has frequently appeared in Angelopoulos' works since the 1980s, to explore the border that lies within the refugees, in other words, the "other border," which this film attempts to portray. Based on these observations, I would like to obtain a perspective for giving another thought to Angelopoulos' filmography by examining the meaning of the "new collective dream" as presented in this film, by analyzing three scenes where the characters' behaviors of gazing at each other are emphasized.