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cinéma vérité

[ sin-uh-muh ver-i-tey; French see-ney-mah vey-ree-tey ]

noun

  1. a technique of documentary filmmaking in which the camera records actual persons and events without directorial control: introduced in France in the 1950s.
  2. a film using this technique or a simulation of it.


cinéma vérité

/ sinema verite /

noun

  1. films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cinéma vérité1

1960–65; < French é-éé literally, cinema-truth, coined as a translation of Russian 쾱ԴDZá岹, a documentary technique developed by the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov (1896–1954)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cinéma vérité1

French, literally: cinema truth
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Pennebaker’s cinéma vérité record of Dylan’s 1965 tour of England, as he transitions from Great Folk Hope to Arty Enfant Terrible.

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Watts: Particularly, the cinema verité episode, where it’s all about the black and white ball.

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“Bert was tired of cultural revolutionaries,” says Newton, “and when he saw me, he saw cinéma vérité.”

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Part photojournalism, part nature doc, part cinéma vérité, part Western, the film defies categorization.

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The comedy star, who has sparingly sung onscreen, debuted her version of “Poor Unfortunate Souls” at CinemaCon in Las Vegas last month, where the two-time Oscar nominee was awarded the convention’s Cinema Véritê Award.

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