Музиката в китайското екокино
Music in Chinese Ecocinema

Summary/Abstract: This paper is devoted to one particular aspect of Chinese film music, associated with a recent trend in Chinese cinema, defined as “ecocinema”. Proposing “ecocinema” as a new critical framework, Chinese films engage in environmental and ecological issues in the active re-imagination of local place and space (Jiayan Mi: 2010). Following this argument, the paper dwells on how music contributes to the restoration and recreation of the nature and the entire vision of imaginary China. Focusing on emblematic film productions which were created after 1980 and gained international recognition, the discussion employs interdisciplinary perspectives to draw attention to the way film directors and composers look for the musical aspect of this vision through involving symbolic meanings of specific musical sounds, instruments, timbres, themes, etc.

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