El impacto material de la narración cinematográfica: The Abyss, Aquaman y Ponyo desde el ecocine
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https://doi.org/10.30827/tn.v8i2.32010Palabras clave:
ecocine, James Cameron, Studio Ghibli, Aquaman, ecocrítica, ecomedia, impacto ambiental del cine, cine popularResumen
Más allá de la representación de la naturaleza, el ecocine ha puesto en primer plano los medios de producción y distribución en los estudios cinematográficos. Este artículo pretende ligar ambos, la parte material y la narrativa. The Abyss (James Cameron, 20th Century Fox, 1989), Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, 2009), y Aquaman (James Wan, DC & Warner Bros, 2018) tienen en común un villano mágico que se venga de la polución humana a través de un tsunami. Aunque las películas son concebidas como pacifistas o ambientales, estos mensajes son defendidos por el antagonista y el protagonista parece luchar contra ellos. Partiendo de esta inconsistencia narrativa, se aplica el marco del ecocine para comprender la interdependencia entre la realidad material y la narrativa. Se propone que estas películas son parte de una industria global, dentro de un capitalismo de mercado, y como tal, reproducen la explotación laboral y de recursos, tanto en el mundo material como en los discursos de la representación.
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