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cinematheque|siːneɪməˈtɛk| [a. F. cinémathèque (Trésor 1921: also used), after bibliothèque, etc.] A film library; a (national) repository of old films, spec. the French Cinémathèque. Also, a small cinema showing avant-garde films.
1966P. Tamony Americanisms (typescript) No. 15. 4 These cafe recorded-music enclaves were termed discotheques (gramophone library), the French usage for what Americans call (phonograph) records being disc, plus-theque, the terminal combining form evident in cinematheque (film library), phonotheque (sound-film library), bibliotheque (library), this affix having a general connotation of the house or housing for or repository for. 1968Times 31 Jan. 7 Underground film-makers have known this for years; seeing their work snapped up from the cinematheque library and regurgitated into television commercials. 1970R. Kostelanetz John Cage (1971) 25, I saw you at the Cinemathèque one Friday night. 1981Guardian Weekly 10 May 13 Appendix III..includes credits and plot summaries for the 220 films Siclier tracked down and, thanks to the Toulouse cinematheque, was able to watch over and over. 1983Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 29 May 32 (caption) Scene from footage rediscovered in the French Cinémathèque's holdings—the Bonaparte family forced to flee Corsica. |