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Nolanesque

Nolanesque adjective: in a style similar to that of the film-maker Christopher Nolan (born 1970), renowned as an auteur making personal, distinctive films within the Hollywood mainstream.

Adjective

Nolanesque (comparative more Nolanesque, superlative most Nolanesque)

  1. In a style similar to that of the film-maker Christopher Nolan (born 1970), renowned as an auteur making personal, distinctive films within the Hollywood mainstream.
    • [Christopher] McQuarrie’s globetrotting action—the Nolanesque demolition-derby of an extraction scene; a foot chase that unfolds across rooftops and through buildings; an aggressive fist fight in a pristine-white restroom—is robustly physical, privileging vantages that make the nerve-racking...2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2018

Forms of Nolanesque

comparativemore Nolanesque
superlativemost Nolanesque

Origin of Nolanesque

From Nolan + -esque.

Questions about Nolanesque

What does Nolanesque mean?
Nolanesque means in a style similar to that of the film-maker Christopher Nolan (born 1970), renowned as an auteur making personal, distinctive films within the Hollywood mainstream.
What part of speech is Nolanesque?
Nolanesque is an adjective.

Words near Nolanesque in the dictionary

  1. Nolan chart
  2. Nolan charts
  3. Nolan County
  4. Noland
  5. Nolands
  6. Nolanesque
  7. nolanite
  8. Nolanites
  9. Nolanverse
  10. Nolas
  11. Nolasco

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