cinéma vérité
Americannoun
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a technique of documentary filmmaking in which the camera records actual persons and events without directorial control: introduced in France in the 1950s.
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a film using this technique or a simulation of it.
noun
Etymology
Origin of cinéma vérité
1960–65; < French cinéma-vérité literally, cinema-truth, coined as a translation of Russian kinoprávda, a documentary technique developed by the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov (1896–1954)
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
Ms. Reichert’s work merged the dispassionate-observer traditions of cinéma vérité and journalism-rooted techniques of interviews and backstory context.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
Heineman has become famous for a cinéma vérité approach that avoids both interviews and voiceovers, but this film takes that signature style to an entirely new level of art.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2022
On the same bill is another cinéma vérité gem, 1968’s “Hey, Mama,” a slice-of-life look at Venice’s Black neighborhood of Oakwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2022
Every time I watch it I end up covering my eyes and then laughing at the insanity of it all: cinéma vérité at top speed.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
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