Scorseseanadj.
/skɔːˈseɪzɪən/, U.S. /skɔrˈseɪziən/ Film.
Characteristic or reminiscent of the films of Martin Scorsese. Scorsese is noted for his bravura visual style characterized by fluid and dynamic camerawork and editing and for his innovative and affective use of (esp. popular) music. His films typically explore themes of religious faith, sin and redemption, and (violent) masculinity, often set in and around New York City.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming unit or team > [adjective] > specific film-maker or director
Keatonesque1921
Eisensteinian1930
Hitchcockian1930
Wellesian1938
Capraesque1939
Fordian1940
Bergmanesque1959
Bressonian1959
Tatiesque1959
Buñuelian1962
Godardian1962
Hawksian1962
Sirkian1963
Felliniesque1965
Langian1966
Kubrickian1968
Warholian1972
Altmanesque1974
Scorsesean1977
Herzogian1979
Tarkovskian1980
Spielbergian1982
Lynchian1984
Tarantinoesque1994
1977 Columbia Daily Spectator (N.Y.) 27 Oct. 8/1 If the love story were hackneyed enough to be funny, or the racing angle played to a Scorsesian hilt, it might be possible to walk out of the theater thinking something other than ‘so what?’
1990 Newsweek 6 Aug. 62/3 Lee seems most comfortable in the jazz club, where he works up some sinuous, Scorsesean camera moves.
1997 P. French in Observer 1 June (Review section) 12/7 A slow-witted Italian-American criminal..returns to the Scorsesean mean streets of Staten Island after six years in jail.
2015 R. Casillo in A. Baker Compan. Martin Scorsese vii. 153 The character of the gambler Ace Rothstein in Casino..exemplifies the ambiguously situated Scorsesean protagonist.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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