metacinema

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noun

A mode of filmmaking in which the film informs the audience that they are watching a work of fiction.

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Meanings

nounmetacinema (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebroadcastingA mode of filmmaking in which the film informs the audience that they are watching a work of fiction.
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    In the years since, he has continued in that vein of clandestine metacinema, playing himself (in “Closed Curtain” and “Taxi”) less as a heroic auteur than as a curious, gentle, sometimes foolish middle-aged family man who can’t break the habit of turning life into film (or, to be precise, digital video).

    2022 December 22, A. O. Scott, “‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself”, in The New York Times

Origin

From meta- + cinema.

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APA

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

MLA

“metacinema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metacinema. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metacinema,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metacinema.

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