Cinematic City Analysis of Shanghai City in Two Different Movies

Cinematic City Analysis of Shanghai City in Two Different Movies
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Comparison of Cinematic Presentation of a City in the Films
The two films that are analyzed in this case are the “Her film (2013, Spike Jones)” and “Suzhou River (2000, Ye Lou)”. In these two movies, Shanghai is a common city that has been featured but in a different cinematic perspective. Shanghai is a city in China and a province-level municipality located in east-central China. The city has one of the largest seaports and is a major industrial and commercial center with a significant role in the economy of the country (Boxer, 2018). Shanghai is therefore considered as a financial hub of China just like it is presented in the two movies.
The two movies present different cinematic features of the Shanghai city from the perspective of both coastal and inland part of the city. The film “Her, (2013) by Spike Jones presents the modernized part of the Shanghai city with modern buildings and a high level of technological advancement. The city is characterized by skyscrapers and modern structures which depicts a high level of structural, social, economic, and technological developments. The characters are using modern technologies in with computer applications in communication, modern lightings, and well-structured and planned part of the city. On the other side, the film “Suzhou River 2000” by Ye Lou presents the ancient part of the Shanghai city characterized by developed traditional structures and feature. The city is featured at the coastal part of Shanghai with traditional technologies in transportation, painting, and communication among other sectors.
Influence of how the City Symphony Tradition of the 1920s and 1930s in the Film
The experienced modernization in Shanghai city greatly influences the symphony tradition of the 1920s and 1930s generation in a greater way. In the film “Her” 2013, the modernization of the city introduced Shanghai to different forms and styles of modern symphony. The Chines studied and incorporated the modern and westernized music genres into their music thus forming well-presented lyrics, tunes, and instrumentations that are clearly featured in the movie. In the part of the city depicted by the film “Her, 2013”, there was a rapid rise in the form of westernized popular music with minimal regulations thus dominating the entire city.
However, the film of “Suzhou River, 2000” depicts the city as a traditional city with minimal modernization and urbanizations. There is, therefore, the minimal adaptation of western music and the community adheres to their traditional symphonies for entertainment. The city transitional symphony inspired conservation of the Chinese tradition in the music sector and cultural adaptation. The tunes as used in the movie presents a tradition set up of the city with minimal development and upgrades of the modern music and application of modern and up to date musical instruments. The clubs and other entertainment sites played traditional music that indicating a delaying picture of the development of the region in the Shanghai city.
As part of the musical advancement presented ...