The Melody of the Absent Woman: The Case of the High and the Mighty (William A. Wellman, 1954)
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The woman, part of the classic film narrative, has been an object of study as a stereotype and creation of the male gaze, absence being one of the key concepts as a direct cause of both situations. Absence as a characteristic of female characters has been modeled based on concepts from semiotics, psychoanalysis and feminist theories, resulting in a construction that is somewhat biased from a methodological point of view. A bias that has been alleviated with the contributions of film music theory, where absence takes on new meanings that complement, complete and even refute certain conceptual nuances. Given this, the present work proposes, through a case study, two objectives. On the one hand, establish a categorization of the absence, which can be analyzed based on visual and auditory elements. And on the other hand, study the case from a musicological perspective through Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for The High and the Mighty (William A. Wellman, 1954).
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Fuentes documentales
University of Southern California, Cinematic Arts Library, Doheny Memorial Library, Dimitri Tiomkin Collection, box 33, The High and the Mighty. Cue sheet, 4 pp.
Recursos digitales
(s.a.) (1954), «The High and the Mighty Poster Art». En: <https://dimitritiomkin.com/18993/high-and-the-mighty-poster-art/> (fecha de consulta: 28-03-2025).
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Recursos audiovisuales
WELLMAN, William A. (1954), The High and the Mighty [película], Wayne-Fellows Productions.