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Bakışın Fenomenolojisi: Sartre’in Öteki Kavrami ve Drive My Car Filmi Üzerine Bir Analiz

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The Phenomenology of the Gaze: Sartre’s Concept of the Other and an Analysis of the Film Drive My Car

Abstract

The relationship between phenomenology and cinema takes shape on a plane where the audiovisual narrative moves beyond representation and turns toward lived experience. From a phenomenological perspective, cinema is not merely a medium that tells stories; it is a space where subjective experiences, streams of consciousness, and intersubjective relations become perceptible. This study aims to explore how relationships between characters are formed through arrangements of gaze, silence, space, and time within the film. A phenomenological-hermeneutic approach is employed, combining Husserl’s descriptive thought with the interpretive perspectives of Gadamer and Ricœur. The analysis is conducted across scenes selected through purposive sampling and is structured around several thematic axes: the Event of the Gaze, the Threshold of Objectification, the Other for Me, the Me for the Other, the Performative Force of Silence, Spatial Mediation, and Temporal Suspension. Findings indicate that in the opening and car scenes, the gaze acquires an indirect and at times suspended quality. In the rehearsal scenes, the gaze becomes more overtly performative, intensifying feelings of shame and objectification. In the final scene, it shifts into a form of relating grounded in witnessing and acceptance. Silence, while seemingly lacking communication on the surface, emerges as a potent element that carries the meaning of the scenes. The car appears as a threshold space where transitions unfold; the theatre becomes a site where emotional and cognitive experiences are tested; and the snow-covered landscape represents a void in which inner purification becomes possible. Time is experienced in a layered manner, interweaving past, present, and future through moments of suspension and entanglement.

Keywords

Phenomenology , Sartre , Gaze , Drive My Car , Silence.

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Günevi Uslu, E. (2026). Bakışın Fenomenolojisi: Sartre’in Öteki Kavrami ve Drive My Car Filmi Üzerine Bir Analiz. İletişim ve Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6(1), 142-162. https://doi.org/10.59534/jcss.1832203