Examining a wide range of movies from the last thirty-five years, Timothy Cochran traces two recurring assumptions implied by self-conscious music-making in recent cinema: that music is a potent means of expressing sincerity and experiencing humanistic depth, and that music can provide varied forms of transcendence and psychological escape.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Musical Reflexivity
Chapter 1: Enduring Romanticism: Spirit-Realms, Mass-Mediation, and the New Sincerity
Chapter 2: The Sounds of Sincerity: Hearing Post-Irony in Indiewood Film
Chapter 3: On Social Alienation and the Promises of Music
Chapter 4: Performing on Musical Playgrounds
Chapter 5: "I'm Afraid You're Just Too Darn Loud:" The Music Technological Sublime in Film
Chapter 6: Searching for Lost Time in Debussy's "Clair de lune"
Epilogue
