cineaste
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- noun
- /ˈsɪniˌæst/
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cineasta
- Chanchada is, then, a pejorative term that has unfortunately been associated with popular cinema for decades, resulting in a suspicion of many commercially successful films by Brazil's critics and serious cineastes.
Examples
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He is a well-respected cineaste known for his insightful articles about the evolution of cinema.
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I interviewed him for Cineaste about his last film, Redacted, which played without incident at the festival in 2007.
Blog text (7) -
I gave those few people who took an interest, however slight, in what I was doing reason to suspect that I was becoming something of a cineaste.
Academic text (2008) -
If he were a great cineaste, he'd be a filmmaker.
Blog text (19) -
When the first Dalton came out, I left the theater (age 13) in a neophyte cineaste huff.
Blog text (16) -
As a dedicated cineaste, she spends her weekends watching classic films and discussing them with friends.
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The local film club is filled with enthusiastic cineastes who love sharing their opinions on the latest releases.
Synonyms
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A person who loves watching and talking about movies
A person who makes films and focuses on their artistic style
How Passionate
Surface Forms
Morphology
cineaste = cinema (semi-transparent) = cine + aste
Formed from root cine (relating to cinema) plus the foreign suffix '-aste'; the meaning 'person interested in cinema' is inferable but the suffix is not productive in English and the term is somewhat specialized.
Etymology
The word cineaste comes from French and is made from cinema ('film' or 'movie') plus the ending -aste that means 'a person'. So a cineaste is someone who loves or knows a lot about films, which is why we use it for a passionate movie fan or film expert.