Felliniesque
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A former cop goes undercover inside a Buenos Aires lockup that resembles a fortified, Felliniesque shantytown, in a show that makes most American prison dramas look like work release at Disneyland.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
In context, however, the move represents the team’s entertaining descent into Felliniesque madness.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2018
Mr. Puts’s music blithely segues from Felliniesque evocations of British music hall skits to Gothic horror melodrama.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2017
The dramatized and often Felliniesque film, with a wall-breaking intro from the director himself, picks up where "Reality" left off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2016
Une Simple Histoire is, more than a narrative, a formal stylistic exercise so rigorously disciplined and understated that it makes the visual asceticism of Robert Bresson seem almost Felliniesque by comparison.
From Time Magazine Archive
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