Felliniesque

British  

/ fəˈliːnɪˌɛsk /

adjective

1. referring to or reminiscent of the films of Federico Fellini

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Example Sentences

Atop this gleaming red structure is a veritable Felliniesque parade of bright, floating forms, perhaps a glimpse of the promise three dimensions held for the artist.

From New York Times

His most Felliniesque quality, though, may be his commitment to emotional anarchy.

From New York Times

In my journal, I described it as a Felliniesque spectacle: “Two thousand of us waited for the start, helicopters hovered overhead. With all the noise, I never heard the starter’s gun, but began running when everyone else did.”

From New York Times

I lingered in the East Texas sleaze of Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket,” the Felliniesque Naples of “The Hand of God” and the fanciful France of “Cyrano,” Joe Wright’s musical reinvention of the French romantic chestnut.

From New York Times

RIMINI, Italy — Federico Fellini is one of a select group of movie directors to have gotten an Oxford English Dictionary-sanctioned adjective: “Felliniesque,” which is defined as “fantastic, bizarre; lavish, extravagant.”

From New York Times