Elevator is a short movie which was produced, directed, and mainly performed by Won-rae Kang. He was a famous singer and dancer of Clon, a popular dance music group, during the 1990s in Korea. The movie deals with the struggles of a disabled person who unexpectedly experiences a change of identity from being non-disabled to disabled. The plot of the movie is based on four episodes in elevators and one meeting between several disabled and non-disabled people in a playground near Anmok beach. However, the work is not just a movie that defends the rights of the disabled, but it reveals some characteristics in three aspects. First of all, the movie portrays a narrative of self-healing which can be regarded as an essential way of overcoming the pain of disability and pursuing salvation regardless of its type. Second, it also demonstrates its trait as a meta-film that shows self-consciousness and self-reflexivity. Finally, it uncovers the possibility of the disabled person’s life as an art.

• 김용성(Professor of English at Sahmyook University) | Kim, Yong-sung