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Journal : Jurnal The Messenger

Film dan Perempuan: Kegagalan Film Gone Girl dalam Membentuk Sosok Perempuan Baru di Industri Film Hollywood Yusriana, Amida; Zulfiningrum, Rahmawati
Jurnal The Messenger Vol. 8 No. 2 (2016): July-December
Publisher : Universitas Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26623/themessenger.v8i2.345

Abstract

Gone Girl is a film produced in 2014 and is an adaptation of a best-selling novel by  Gillian  Flynn. Gone Girl can be divided into three parts. The interesting point in this movie is the gender  focus of Gillian Flynn s way in depicting Amy. According to her, this is an attempt to show that woman can have a criminal mind as a man. However, the depiction of woman in patriarch charasteristic is still can be found in the movie. This research is to find out how the movie Gone Girl failed to create a new woman character.This study uses the postmodernism theory to explain. Result of this study indicates that the figure of Amy Dunne is described as a heroine with typical utopia and as a villain  Amy  can  not  be  separated  from  the  feminines  roles  of  patriarch.   Among  others:  weak, emotional human being, depending and using her body as a weapon.