Atom Bombası Edebiyatı, Frankenstein ve Operadaki Hayalet’in Mahşerî Yeniden İnşası: Onibaba

Öz

Kaneto Şindō’nun korku filmi Onibaba’ya dair ön araştırmalar, olgucu bir şekilde, yönetmenin filmle ilgili eksiltili beyanlarını temel alagelmiştir. Bu da kaçınılmaz olarak çözümleme perspektiflerini sınırlandırmıştır. Dolayısıyla filmde ön araştırmaların gözden kaçırdığı önemli noktalar vardır: Onibaba, atom bombası edebiyatından esinlendiği erken dönem filmleriyle savaş-sonrası Japonya’nın “kurbanlık anlatısı”na istemeden katkıda bulunan Shindō için bir özeleştiri niteliğindedir. Ayrıca, Shindō nükleer savaşların yol açtığı yıkım sonucu ilkel çağlara dönmüş bir mahşerî dünyanın alegorik imgesini oluşturmak için Frankenstein 1970 (1958) ve Operadaki Hayalet (1962) gibi popüler Batı korku filmlerindeki birçok motiften yararlanmıştır. Bu karşılaştırmalı çalışmada, Onibaba’nın gözden kaçırılan bu derin anlamlarının “maskelerini düşürmeye” çalıştık. Böylelikle atom bombası edebiyatı uyarlamaları ve korku sineması araştırmalarına katkıda bulunmayı amaçlıyoruz.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• edebiyat ve sinema
• Onibaba
• dünya korku sineması
• atom bombası edebiyatı
• Frankenstein 1970
• Operadaki Hayalet

Apocalyptic Reconstruction of A-bomb Literature, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera: Onibaba

Öz

Preliminary studies on Kaneto Shindō’s horror film Onibaba (1964) have based their analyses, in a positivist way, on the director’s elliptic statements, which inevitably restricted their perspective. Hence there are crucial points that preliminary studies overlooked: Onibaba was a self-criticism of Shindō, who had unintentionally contributed to the post-war Japan’s “victimisation narrative” with his early films, inspired by contemporary a-bomb literature. Furthermore, the film draws on many motifs from such popular Western horror films as Frankenstein 1970 (1958) and The Phantom of the Opera (1962) to form an allegorical image of an apocalyptic world, reverted to primitive ages due to the devastation by nuclear world wars. With this comparative study that tries to “unmask” the hidden meanings of this intriguing but equally esoteric film, we aim to contribute to the research on a-bomb literature adaptations and horror cinema.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• literature and cinema
• Onibaba
• world horror cinema
• atomic bomb literature
• Frankenstein 1970
• The Phantom of the Opera

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