What Is Cinema?
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What Is Cinema? is a seminal collection of essays by French film theorist André Bazin that helped define modern film theory and the concept of cinematic realism.
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| What Is Cinema? canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: What Is Cinema? Context triple: [André Bazin, notableWork, What Is Cinema?]
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“Discovering Cinema”
“Discovering Cinema” is a musical piece or movement from Ennio Morricone’s acclaimed score for the film *Cinema Paradiso*, reflecting the movie’s nostalgic and emotional themes.
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Cinema 1: The Movement-Image
"Cinema 1: The Movement-Image" is a seminal philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that develops a rigorous taxonomy of cinematic images and signs to rethink movement, time, and perception in film.
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Cinema 2: The Time-Image
Cinema 2: The Time-Image is a major philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that develops a theory of modern cinema through the concept of the "time-image," emphasizing new ways films represent time, perception, and thought.
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The Film Sense
The Film Sense is a seminal theoretical work by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein that explores the principles of film montage and cinematic expression.
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CINE
CINE is the London Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Cineworld Group, one of the world’s largest cinema chains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Is Cinema? Target entity description: What Is Cinema? is a seminal collection of essays by French film theorist André Bazin that helped define modern film theory and the concept of cinematic realism.
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A.
“Discovering Cinema”
“Discovering Cinema” is a musical piece or movement from Ennio Morricone’s acclaimed score for the film *Cinema Paradiso*, reflecting the movie’s nostalgic and emotional themes.
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B.
Cinema 1: The Movement-Image
"Cinema 1: The Movement-Image" is a seminal philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that develops a rigorous taxonomy of cinematic images and signs to rethink movement, time, and perception in film.
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C.
Cinema 2: The Time-Image
Cinema 2: The Time-Image is a major philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that develops a theory of modern cinema through the concept of the "time-image," emphasizing new ways films represent time, perception, and thought.
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D.
The Film Sense
The Film Sense is a seminal theoretical work by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein that explores the principles of film montage and cinematic expression.
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E.
CINE
CINE is the London Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Cineworld Group, one of the world’s largest cinema chains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ film theory book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | film studies ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cahiers du Cinéma
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French New Wave ⓘ |
| author | André Bazin ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
cinema as objective recording of reality
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evolution of film language ⓘ myth of total cinema ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
distinction between cinema and theater
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ontological status of the photographic image ⓘ relationship between cinema and reality ⓘ |
| EnglishEditionPublicationDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| EnglishEditionPublisher | University of California Press ⓘ |
| genre |
film theory
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | seminal work in film theory ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of previously published essays ⓘ |
| hasPart |
An Aesthetic of Reality
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Ontology of the Photographic Image ⓘ The Evolution of the Language of Cinema ⓘ The Myth of Total Cinema ⓘ Theater and Cinema ⓘ
linked to:
Theatre and Film
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| hasPerspective | realist aesthetics over montage formalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
auteur theory
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modern film theory ⓘ theory of cinematic realism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | realism (aesthetics) ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PN1994 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cinema
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cinematic realism ⓘ film theory ⓘ |
| movement |
French film theory
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realist film theory ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | André Bazin ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions du Cerf ⓘ |
| title | Qu’est-ce que le cinéma ? ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| usedAs | textbook in film studies courses ⓘ |
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