释义 |
enˈdistance, v. Theatr. and Cinematogr. [f. en-1 + distance n. 3.] trans. To produce an effect of ‘alienation’ (sense 1 d) in an audience; to ‘distance’ (cf. sense 1 a). So enˈdistancement; enˈdistancing vbl. n. (attrib.).
1961Times 23 May 15/1 The experiment in ‘endistancement’ involved in putting most of the characters in..masks. 1961Times Lit. Suppl. 30 June 400/2 There are few if any exponents of ‘the new drama’ who have not at some stage leavened realism with..the exploitation of ‘endistancing’ techniques..according to the dictates of Brecht's heroic theatre. Ibid. 400/3 Here we are ‘endistanced’ from the action with a vengeance. 1963Times 20 Apr. 9/3 But the idea of screens so big that they filled the audience's wide field of vision, or as much as possible, and left no possibility of ‘endistancement’, has continued to haunt the cinema industry. |