Metacinema
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A mode of filmmaking in which the film informs the audience that they are watching a work of fiction. uncountable
"In the years since, he has continued in that vein of clandestine metacinema, playing himself (in “Closed Curtain” and “Taxi”) less as a heroic auteur than as a curious, gentle, sometimes foolish middle-aged family man who can’t break the habit of turning life into film (or, to be precise, digital video)."
Example
More examples"In the years since, he has continued in that vein of clandestine metacinema, playing himself (in “Closed Curtain” and “Taxi”) less as a heroic auteur than as a curious, gentle, sometimes foolish middle-aged family man who can’t break the habit of turning life into film (or, to be precise, digital video)."
Etymology
From meta- + cinema.
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