From Subjects to Assemblages: Insights from Oldboy

Abstract

Drawing on the insights of media ecology, this essay explores the potential of media to mobilize representations, feelings, and habits to transform individuals into extensions of media themselves. Specifically, I undertake an analysis of the South Korean film Oldboy, which I argue demonstrates how, in the contemporary moment, media narratively and affectively mobilize individuals to become not only ideological subjects but also media appendages that, consequently, carry out cinema’s central functions.

Department(s)

Communication, Media, Journalism and Film

Document Type

Article

DOI

10.3390/philosophies9050148

Keywords

affect, assemblages, cinema, media extensions, Oldboy

Publication Date

10-1-2024

Journal Title

Philosophies

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