cinéma d'auteur
cinéma d'auteur noun: a cinematic style that emphasizes the director's personal vision, the making of film d'auteurs.; auteurism.
Noun
cinéma d'auteur (usually uncountable, plural cinéma d'auteurs)
- A cinematic style that emphasizes the director's personal vision, the making of film d'auteurs.; auteurism.
- The key theoretical notion behind the new French film circa 1960 was the "cinéma d'auteur," the idea that the director was or should be the author of a film.1983, Peter Lev, Claude Lelouch, Film Director, page 127
- They reflect the stylistic and intellectual individualism of its representatives and seem, partially, to express a conscious cultural reorientation and self-confirmation vis-à-vis the West, which is the main financial backer of Arab cinéma d'auteur.1998, Viola Shafik, Arab Cinema: history and cultural identity, page 101
Forms of cinéma d'auteur
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Origin of cinéma d'auteur
Borrowed from French cinéma d'auteur.
Questions about cinéma d'auteur
- What does cinéma d'auteur mean?
- Cinéma d'auteur means a cinematic style that emphasizes the director's personal vision, the making of film d'auteurs.; auteurism.
- What part of speech is cinéma d'auteur?
- Cinéma d'auteur is a noun.
- What is the plural of cinéma d'auteur?
- The plural of cinéma d'auteur is cinéma d'auteurs.
Words near cinéma d'auteur in the dictionary
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