Degree
BS (Social Sciences & Liberal Arts)
Faculty / School
School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS)
Department
Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
Date of Award
Fall 2024
Date of Submission
2024-09-14
Advisor
Palvashay Sethi, Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences
Project Type
SSLA Culminating Experience
Access Type
Restricted Access
Keywords
Asian Cinema, Visual Analysis, Film Studies
Abstract
This paper presents a comparative analysis of two Asian films, Wong Kar Wai’s Happy Together (1997) and Kim-Jho Gwangsoo’s Just Friends? (2009), focusing on the visual and narrative practices in the depiction of intimacy. The analysis traces the evolution of representation from tragic to happy endings, exploring how intimacy is portrayed through a multisensorial lens, particularly through the sense of touch. It examines how explicit and realistic intimate interactions are portrayed on-screen and how these moments contribute to the films' narratives of intimacy, as well as the exploration of shame, both within and outside the film’s context. Sound and imagery are also analyzed to explore dichotomies within heteronormative culture, including the presence or absence of intimacy, to understand their thematic impact on the conclusions of both films.
Pages
1,81
Recommended Citation
Amirali, S. (2024). Cinematic Depictions of Intimacy in Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Happy Together (1997) and Just Friends? (2009) (Unpublished undergraduate project). Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/sslace/335
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