cinéma du look

English

Etymology

From French cinéma du look, coined by French film critic Raphaël Bassan.

Noun

cinéma du look (uncountable)

1. (film) A French film movement of the 1980s and 1990s, characterized by its spectacular visual style (“le look”).

   Coordinate term: nouvelle vague

   • 2008, Rosanna Maule, Beyond Auteurism: New Directions in Authorial Film Practices in France, Italy and Spain Since the 1980s, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 90:

     Ginette Vincendeau describes the cinéma du look as a typical example of ‘mainstream co-optation’ of ‘avant-garde, artisanal, or auteur’ cinema (1996: 14).

   • 2011, Martha P. Nochimson, World on Film: An Introduction‎^[1], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     However, the 1980s also saw the development of cinéma du look, a “hip” movement in French film that features “cool,” sometimes surreal, cinematography, a high-speed montage style, and visual effects influenced by the technical virtuosity of advertising.

Further reading

• cinéma du look on Wikipedia.Wikipedia