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Wendersian

Wendersian adjective: of or pertaining to Wim Wenders (born 1945), German filmmaker and playwright.

Adjective

Wendersian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Wim Wenders (born 1945), German filmmaker and playwright.
    • As he elaborates the tale, we have a classic Wendersian mise-en-scène. Travis drives, and the sequence is filmed from his point of view, looking forwards out of the front windscreen of the car.1996 March, Thomas Docherty, “Discourse and Figure: The Resistance of/to Cinema” (chapter 7), in Alterities: Criticism, History, Representation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →DOI, page 163

Origin of Wendersian

From German Wenders + -ian.

Questions about Wendersian

What does Wendersian mean?
Wendersian means of or pertaining to Wim Wenders (born 1945), German filmmaker and playwright.
What part of speech is Wendersian?
Wendersian is an adjective.

Words near Wendersian in the dictionary

  1. Wendell
  2. Wendelsdorf
  3. Wenden
  4. Wendeng
  5. Wendens Ambo
  6. Wendersian
  7. wendeth
  8. Wendi
  9. Wendic
  10. wendies
  11. Wendig

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