Voyeurism , Aesthetics, Postmodernism: Taking "Truman Show" and "ED TV" as Examples

• Main Authors: Ya-hsin Hung, 黃雅欣
• Other Authors: Chieh-hsiang Wu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84888163195665485562

碩士 === 南華大學 === 美學與藝術管理研究所 === 96 === 　　Most of the contemporary movies related to the “Peeping Tom” topics are commercial. However, there are a still a small amount of “pure art” patter of movie producers holding on pursing their ideal.On the history of movie creation, “Peeping Tom” topics appeared quite often. One of the most famous was Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” (1954). The director of this film ingeniously directed it to contribute to the audience a brand-new visual satisfaction. 　　 　　The “Rear Window” was deemed as a classical. “The Truman show” in 1995 was also an impressive work. Director Peter Weir shot the movie with the “Peeping Tom” skill and plus monitoring and surveillance. It was a popular one at that time and sold well. Some similar skills found their trace in “ED TV”. Its characteristics were similar to those applied in “the Truman show”. The researcher compared the “multiple media” techniques used in all three of the mentioned famous movies and explored the similarities and differences among them. 　　 　　The main focus in this study, besides discussion and comparison between “peeping tom” and “monitoring surveillance”, is to figure out this question: why “stealing a glance” image is widely adopted by movie industry? Is it because that the image quality in itself has something to do with the thematic thoughts of the movie art? The researcher tried to interpreted the unfinished essence of art and examine the change and characters of the movie art with the respect of peeping images.The research has gotten through three steps:First, with time sequence analysis, to explore the interaction between movie works and society and the development of movie itself; Secondly, to analyze the techniques of “Peeping Tom” image and the handling of monitoring surveillance in order to interpreted the meaning it communicated with “stealing a glance” and “monitoring surveillance”.Thirdly, the researcher concluded the major change and development of “Peeping Tom” and “Monitoring surveillance”, and the image symbols’ implication by analyzing and comparing “peeping” and “monitoring”. 　　 　　The researcher’s findings are:On the movie “Rear Window”, the director intended to challenge, with the “image peeing” in ordinary life, to the existent movie norm and hoped a combination of movie and beauty. Thus, it contradicted with the traditional movie and invoked a controversy. Then, there comes ”the Truman show” in late 20th century.A shift from the being circumvented art to being surrounded, the commercial tactics have brought the peeping image down and the movie itself was not anymore the symbol of beauty.Directors are pursing commercial profits with all their means. “Peeping Tom” movie image has been changed drastically. The researcher found that the change of “Peeping Tom” has a great deal to do with the society and social phenomena. The modern “Peeping Tom” images in movies have turned their back on the true value of art movies, saying, “Truthfulness” and “beauty”.Obviously, the commerce-oriented “Peeping Tom” image in movies is the same any more. It has got on another path and performed differently, both in forms and the inner meaning.The “Peeping” image in contemporary movies is a field deserved exploration and study.