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cinéma vérité
[ sin-uh-muh ver-i-tey; French see-ney-mah vey-ree-tey ]
noun
- a technique of documentary filmmaking in which the camera records actual persons and events without directorial control: introduced in France in the 1950s.
- a film using this technique or a simulation of it.
cinéma vérité
/ sinema verite /
noun
- films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cinéma vérité1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cinéma vérité1
Example Sentences
Pennebaker’s cinéma vérité record of Dylan’s 1965 tour of England, as he transitions from Great Folk Hope to Arty Enfant Terrible.
Watts: Particularly, the cinema verité episode, where it’s all about the black and white ball.
“Bert was tired of cultural revolutionaries,” says Newton, “and when he saw me, he saw cinéma vérité.”
Part photojournalism, part nature doc, part cinéma vérité, part Western, the film defies categorization.
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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