New Queer Cinema
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New Queer Cinema is a film movement that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s, characterized by its radical, independent, and unapologetically queer narratives that challenged mainstream representations of sexuality and identity.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Queer Cinema canonical | 14 |
| "New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut" | 2 |
| New Queer Cinema movement | 2 |
| New Queer Cinema canon | 1 |
| New Queer Cinema era of LGBT films | 1 |
| New York underground queer film tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: New Queer Cinema Context triple: [Gus Van Sant, movement, New Queer Cinema]
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New American Cinema
New American Cinema was an influential 1960s independent film movement in the United States that rejected Hollywood conventions in favor of low-budget, experimental, and personal filmmaking.
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MTV Films
MTV Films is an American film production company known for creating movies tied to MTV’s youth-oriented brand and pop culture programming.
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The Film Sense
The Film Sense is a seminal theoretical work by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein that explores the principles of film montage and cinematic expression.
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Idioteque
"Idioteque" is an experimental, electronic-influenced track by the English rock band Radiohead, acclaimed for its anxious atmosphere, unconventional structure, and prescient themes of climate crisis and societal collapse.
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The Heart of Screenland
The Heart of Screenland is the official motto of Culver City, California, reflecting its historic role as a major center of film and television production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: New Queer Cinema Target entity description: New Queer Cinema is a film movement that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s, characterized by its radical, independent, and unapologetically queer narratives that challenged mainstream representations of sexuality and identity.
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A.
New American Cinema
New American Cinema was an influential 1960s independent film movement in the United States that rejected Hollywood conventions in favor of low-budget, experimental, and personal filmmaking.
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B.
MTV Films
MTV Films is an American film production company known for creating movies tied to MTV’s youth-oriented brand and pop culture programming.
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C.
The Film Sense
The Film Sense is a seminal theoretical work by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein that explores the principles of film montage and cinematic expression.
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D.
Idioteque
"Idioteque" is an experimental, electronic-influenced track by the English rock band Radiohead, acclaimed for its anxious atmosphere, unconventional structure, and prescient themes of climate crisis and societal collapse.
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E.
The Heart of Screenland
The Heart of Screenland is the official motto of Culver City, California, reflecting its historic role as a major center of film and television production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film movement
ⓘ
queer cinema movement ⓘ |
| challenges |
heteronormativity
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mainstream representations of sexuality ⓘ respectability politics ⓘ traditional narrative structures ⓘ |
| coinedBy | B. Ruby Rich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| emergedInPeriod |
early 1990s
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late 1980s ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
gender nonconformity
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marginalized queer communities ⓘ non-normative sexuality ⓘ queer identity ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
anti-assimilationist
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formally experimental ⓘ independent ⓘ low-budget ⓘ politically engaged ⓘ radical ⓘ transgressive ⓘ unapologetically queer ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
expanded representation of LGBTQ+ characters in film
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influenced 21st-century queer media ⓘ |
| hasNotableDirector |
Derek Jarman
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Gregg Araki ⓘ Gus Van Sant ⓘ Isaac Julien ⓘ Todd Haynes ⓘ Tom Kalin ⓘ |
| hasNotableFilm |
Edward II
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linked to:
Edward II of England
My Own Private Idaho ⓘ Poison ⓘ Swoon ⓘ The Hours and Times ⓘ The Living End ⓘ
linked to:
Hoodoo Gurus
Young Soul Rebels ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
AIDS crisis
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LGBT rights movement ⓘ feminist film theory ⓘ independent cinema ⓘ postmodernism ⓘ underground cinema ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
LGBT cinema
ⓘ
Queer theory ⓘ
linked to:
queer theory
independent film ⓘ |
| termFirstUsedIn |
1992
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Sight & Sound article ⓘ
linked to:
Sight & Sound magazine
|
| uses |
camp aesthetics
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explicit depictions of queer desire ⓘ genre subversion ⓘ intertextual references ⓘ irony ⓘ non-linear storytelling ⓘ |
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Subject: New Queer Cinema Description of subject: New Queer Cinema is a film movement that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s, characterized by its radical, independent, and unapologetically queer narratives that challenged mainstream representations of sexuality and identity.
Referenced by (21)
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