INDEX
The Inevitability of Disco Music in This Film
As you can see, “Medusa Deluxe” is heavily influenced by and pays extraordinary homage to dance music, especially disco.
The disco/house elements are evident even in Koreless’ score, which at first glance seems understated, and the selection of existing songs is straightforwardly disco. Of course, director Hardiman’s tastes seem to have a great deal to do with this, but it is also important to note that the use of these songs is more than just a matter of “I like them because I like them.
One can cite the disco nature found in the rhythm and structure of the film itself. As was evident in the “time travel” section above, in a sense, the flow of images in this film itself was accompanied by a seamless disco-mix-like sensation. The fluidity of the one-cut shooting, with its successive changes of scenes, strongly reminded me of the analogy with the disco DJ technique of skillfully mixing various songs in real time. I would like to describe the film as a “brilliant mix” in the DJ sense of the word. Sustained mood, fusion, and renewal. The visual techniques themselves are dance-music-like and disco-music-like.
Another cultural aspect that can be pointed out is the connection with disco and house culture. It is mainly connected to gay and queer culture. Since the dawn of time, underground disco culture and gay culture/minority culture have developed as inseparable parts of each other, and especially in the UK, where this film is set, there has been a large scale confluence with dance music culture as a subculture that involves the masses. In this light, the fact that the characters in “Medusa Deluxe” are made up of working-class people and minorities, such as gay men, women, and people of color, should be read as a sign that the film is set in the contemporary hair/makeup/fashion industry, where people with diverse identities are active, The fact that the film is set in the contemporary hairdressing/fashion industry, where people of diverse identities are active, should be taken as more than just a statement.
