Transgressões neoliberais na indústria cinematográfica contemporânea: música clássica e corpos musicais desumanizados nos filmes The Perfection (2018) e Nocturne (2020)
Resumo
O objetivo deste artigo é examinar o que chamo “corpos musicais deshumanizados” nos filmes de terror psicológico The Perfection e Nocturne. Esses corpos neoliberais multideficientes são expostos à imagem estereotipada e surpreendentemente negativa do mundo sofisticado da música artística. Particular atenção é dada ao tratamento provocativo da música erudita, com foco nas práticas institucionais não normativas e na reconfiguração ética dos seus representantes. Uma forma surpreendentemente crua de desumanização musical é encontrada no filme The Perfection, cuja trilha sonora combina sons ambientes de terror e músicas populares com grandes obras clássicas de Handel, Mozart e Casadesus. O filme Nocturne, por outro lado, oferece uma estética audiovisual mais contemplativa com uma hierarquização enganosa do repertório da música clássica. A música de Mozart é caprichosamente desvalorizada, enquanto o “Concerto para piano No. 2 em sol menor” de Saint-Saëns é usado como um dispositivo narrativo para uma manifestação destrutiva de poder que leva a uma avalanche de conflito entre as irmãs. Tal jogo explícito com os significantes da música clássica desvia-se drasticamente dos protocolos musicais convencionais e leva à alienação e, em última análise, à desumanização neoliberal transgressora dos músicos contemporâneos.Downloads
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