Super 8

proper noun

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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. 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.
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    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.

    2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian
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APA

Super 8. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Super%208

MLA

“Super 8.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Super%208. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Super 8,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Super%208.

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