Super 8
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- A motion picture film format introduced in the 1960s, nominally 8 millimetres wide, but having smaller perforations than earlier formats, allowing for greater exposed area.
- 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys’ poignant boyhood in primary school.