Meaning of metacinema | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“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).”

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