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Cinepoetry

Lyric and Short Poetic Forms

Cinepoetry originally referred to the art of motion pictures approached with poetic sense, but the term has come to mean cinematic poetry, a form that unites the language of film with the language of poetry.

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Notable Example
Man Ray's films 1
Defining Trait
Term originally meant motion pictures approached with poetic sense, and came to mean cinematic poetry uniting film and poetry 1
Sources
1. Cinepoetry - Wikipedia
  • Examples in former meaning section
    Man Ray's films
  • Lead
    Cinepoetry (or cinepoem) originally meant arts of motion pictures with poetic sense but came to mean cinematic poetry (or poem).
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