Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ovni culte
English translation:
cult UFO (unidentified filmic object)
Added to glossary by
Conor McAuley
Jul 26, 2022 20:43
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French term
ovni culte
French to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Sentences for AI learning
Avec un budget de soixante-dix million de dollars, le film réunit un casting cinq étoiles autour de l'œuvre la plus étrange de la filmographie du réalisateur.
Le film est aujourd'hui un ovni culte.
Le film est aujourd'hui un ovni culte.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +5 | cult UFO (unidentified filmic object) | Conor McAuley |
4 | is a UFO film that, today, has a cult following | Barbara Cochran, MFA |
Change log
Aug 3, 2022 00:44: Conor McAuley Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Selected
cult UFO (unidentified filmic object)
It's a typo or a mistake.
See:
https://www.senscritique.com/liste/attention_ofni/771088
for OFNI.
I'd love to know the film they're talking about.
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The *Routledge* Companion to Cult Cinema - Google Books Result https://books.google.fr › books
Ernest Mathijs, Jamie Sexton · 2019 · Performing Arts
only in their love for this ***Unidentified Filmic Object*** – or a film that is smoothly conveyed to you, signed, sealed and delivered as a certified cult item?
Full article: The filmic ghost in the literary machine https://www.tandfonline.com › ... › Volume 9, Issue 3
by P Met · 2005 · Cited by 1 — The relation between literature and cinema is neither good nor clear. ... in all facetious seriousness, a *UFO–an unidentified filmic object*.
*Directory of World Cinema: France* - Page 237 - Google Books Result https://books.google.fr › books
Tim Palmer, Charlie Michael · 2013 · Performing Arts
... *Luc Besson*'s groundbreaking *Subway* was received by critics and audiences as a veritable *UFO (Unidentified Filmic Object)* when it hit France's theatrical ...
OFNI is a fairly standard term in my local independent cinema's fortnightly leaflets.
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As for "cult":
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/culte
culte adj familier (*qui sert de référence) cult n as adj
*Ce film est culte pour toute cette génération.
*This is a cult film for that whole generation.
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Cult, for me, also means a little leftfield, maybe kooky, not mainstream, that kind of thing, so your clue there is "l'oeuvre la plus étrange".
See:
https://www.senscritique.com/liste/attention_ofni/771088
for OFNI.
I'd love to know the film they're talking about.
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Note added at 17 mins (2022-07-26 21:00:32 GMT)
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The *Routledge* Companion to Cult Cinema - Google Books Result https://books.google.fr › books
Ernest Mathijs, Jamie Sexton · 2019 · Performing Arts
only in their love for this ***Unidentified Filmic Object*** – or a film that is smoothly conveyed to you, signed, sealed and delivered as a certified cult item?
Full article: The filmic ghost in the literary machine https://www.tandfonline.com › ... › Volume 9, Issue 3
by P Met · 2005 · Cited by 1 — The relation between literature and cinema is neither good nor clear. ... in all facetious seriousness, a *UFO–an unidentified filmic object*.
*Directory of World Cinema: France* - Page 237 - Google Books Result https://books.google.fr › books
Tim Palmer, Charlie Michael · 2013 · Performing Arts
... *Luc Besson*'s groundbreaking *Subway* was received by critics and audiences as a veritable *UFO (Unidentified Filmic Object)* when it hit France's theatrical ...
OFNI is a fairly standard term in my local independent cinema's fortnightly leaflets.
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Note added at 19 mins (2022-07-26 21:02:35 GMT)
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As for "cult":
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/culte
culte adj familier (*qui sert de référence) cult n as adj
*Ce film est culte pour toute cette génération.
*This is a cult film for that whole generation.
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Note added at 47 mins (2022-07-26 21:30:43 GMT)
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Cult, for me, also means a little leftfield, maybe kooky, not mainstream, that kind of thing, so your clue there is "l'oeuvre la plus étrange".
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is a UFO film that, today, has a cult following
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