Melomania, nostalgia and authorship

Songs in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s feature films

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https://doi.org/10.30962/ecomps.3094

Keywords:

Nostalgia, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Melomania, Song, Pop culture

Abstract

This article analyzes the creative process in the use of popular songs in feature films directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, aiming to demonstrate that the musical selection in his films reveals recurring stylistic and authorial traits, such as melomania and nostalgia. The analyzed corpus includes the feature films Neighboring sounds (2012), Aquarius (2016), Bacurau (2019), and Pictures of ghosts (2023). The research adopts inferential criticism as its methodology, which goes beyond film analysis to consider the cultural contexts of the creative process, with a predominant focus on the relationships between lyrical poetry and dramatic action. The results indicate that musical selection functions as a structuring element of the narrative and characterization.

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Breno Alvarenga, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cinema e Audiovisual da Universidade Federal Fluminense (PPGCine-UFF), mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (PPGCOM-UFPE) e graduado em Comunicação Social pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Realizou dois intercâmbios com estudos em cinema, na Universidad de Granada (Espanha) e na Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina).

Rodrigo Carreiro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

Coordenador e docente permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e do Bacharelado em Cinema e Audiovisual da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, instituição onde cursou Mestrado e Doutorado em Comunicação. É bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq – Categoria E. Fez pós-doutorado na Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).

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03-03-2025

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Alvarenga, B., & Carreiro, R. (2025). Melomania, nostalgia and authorship: Songs in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s feature films. E-Compós. https://doi.org/10.30962/ecomps.3094

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