absolute cinema

English

Etymology

From an image of film director Martin Scorsese captioned with the phrase. In 2022 and 2023, the image and phrase began to circulate around Twitter.

Noun

absolute cinema (uncountable)

  1. Cinema that is personally considered to be outstanding.
    That movie was absolute cinema! I'm dying for a sequel.
  2. (by extension) Any event or work personally considered to be outstanding or amusing.
    It was absolute cinema to watch those fools fighting each other.