Conformity as the Use of Knowledge – Bernardo Bertolucci, Plato, Cave Cover Image

Konformizam kao upotreba znanja – Bernardo Bertolucci, Platon, spilja
Conformity as the Use of Knowledge – Bernardo Bertolucci, Plato, Cave

Author(s): Goran Radonjić
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: Bernardo Bertolucci; Plato; Alberto Moravia; fascism; allegory of the cave; interpretation; conformity; knowledge;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the intertextual relations between Bertolucci’s film The Conformist and Plato’s allegory of the cave. The importance of interpretation for the Plato’s allegory is emphasized: it is central in the thematic, in its form, and in the way it is communicated. The interpretation of the world is inseparable from self-interpretation. By using elements from Plato’s allegory of the cave, Bertolucci’s film becomes the interpretation of Plato. At the same time, the reality of the film is interpreted in Plato’s terms and images. The concepts of conformism, knowledge and liberation are explored.

  • Issue Year: 42/2022
  • Issue No: 02/166
  • Page Range: 365-381
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Croatian