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cineaste
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cin·e·aste also cin·e·ast  (sn-st) or cin·é·aste (sn-äst)
n.
1. A film or movie enthusiast.
2. A person involved in filmmaking.

[French cinéaste, from ciné, cinema, short for cinéma; see cinema.]


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Cineastes will recognise this proposition from the world of French film criticism, in which even modest studio formula films occasionally achieve interest on the basis of the individual perception by each character of events which the audience is assumed to 'read' collectively.
Tony Jetton demonstrated honed social chops, while Jay Adams, Chris Gorak and Tommy Harper were a solid hit with the European cineastes as they got all the serious questions.
``Dominion's'' most enjoyable scene - for cineastes, anyway - would be Gabriel Mann's ``Diary of a Country Priest'' moment with a demon he thinks is just an afflicted boy.
 
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