Meanings
- uncountableThe study of film.
Debate must take the shape, to use the current jargon, of "meta-cinemology," a discussion of the approach to film itself, above and beyond the discussion of films.
1973, Maureen Turim, “The Aesthetic Becomes Political: A History of Film Criticism in Cahiers du cinéma”, in The Velvet Light Trap, volume 9, number 132 more examples
Without sinking into fens of cinemology, which properly belong in another section of this wilderness, one can say for openers that all three critics cross lines continuously in practice.
1971, The New York Times Book Review, volume 76, page 42Our experience of using onto psychological cinemology based on using films shows that it is an effective way to identify discrepancies between the person's rational beliefs and authentic needs.
2016 July 22, Victoria Dmitrieva, Dana Namdi, “Using cinemology in psychological practice”, in International Journal of Psychology, abstract
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