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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › CinephiliaCinephilia - Wikipedia

    Cinephilia ( / ˌsɪnɪˈfɪliə / SIN-ih-FIL-ee-ə; also cinemaphilia or filmophilia) is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in films, film theory, and film criticism. The term is a portmanteau of the words cinema and philia, one of the four ancient Greek words for love. [1] .

  2. www.encyclopedia.com › arts › encyclopedias-almanacsCinephilia | Encyclopedia.com

    In a more colloquial sense, "cinephilia" refers to the passion with which people go to, and write about, movies. As a passion, or a desire, it embraces the subjective aspect of film studies as a discipline and filmgoing as a (pre)occupation. At the same time, it indicates the excesses of the medium and its champions.

  3. noun. cine· phile ˈsi-nə-ˌfī (-ə)l. : a devotee of motion pictures. Examples of cinephile in a Sentence.

  4. Key Texts. As Willemen 1994 notes, cinephilia is both a cultural phenomenon that can be situated within a particular historical period and a relationship to cinema. Since Willemen 1994, a new wave of scholarly interest in cinephilia has harnessed the phenomenon to develop new approaches to film.

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  6. Jan 26, 2010 · The answer to this question, taken literally, is “the love of cinema.” But, of course, nothing (at least, nothing in this column) is ever so simple. The nature and practice of cinephilia has ...

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