Monologue about Creation, Imitation, and Cinema : Park Chan-wook's Gaze Revealed in Decision to Leave

This paper is a study of the thematic consciousness of the film Decision to Leave. By analysing the meaning of Park Chan-wook's metaphorical devices and narrative structure, it aims to reveal what he was trying to convey through this film. By layering heterogeneous combinations of images that give a sense of deja vu. Park demonstrates the value of differences that are created beyond the familiar ones. When the inferences made through memorised language and structures of thought betray themselves, the viewers are motivated to focus solely on the information conveyed by the senses, and falls under the spell of fiction. In this paper, I have discussed the role of the film's characters, narrative structure, theme song Fog , and the important prop Shan Hai Jing(Classic of Mountains and Seas) in achieving this goal. In addition, the paper focused on the phenomenon that Park Chan-wook's characteristic violence and sensationalism are completely removed from the film, and examined its connection to Cinema Paradiso . Decision to Leave is a film that talks about cinema, and it is also a sad tribute to the cinema of a director and cinephile in his prime.