unfilmableadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪlməbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈfɪlməbəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, filmable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + filmable adj. Compare earlier unfilmed adj. 2.

Of a novel, screenplay, etc.: not able to be made into a film; not suitable for or poorly suited to film adaptation. Also as n. (with the): that which is not filmable.

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1924 Manch. Guardian 20 Aug. 6/6 The greatest difficulty has been to realise the evanescent spirit of the play [sc. Peter Pan]..but Sir James Barrie, by cutting the unfilmable portions of the work.., has overcome this difficulty.

1928 Sunday Express 29 Apr. 4/2 ‘Piccadilly’, Arnold Bennett's original story.., is said to be not wholly disconnected with his novel, ‘The Pretty Lady’, the great unfilmed (and unfilmable).

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. xxviii/4 Film studio executives sat up and took notice of the work of writers whom they had previously dismissed as unfilmable.

1989 J. Hersey James Agee in Life Sketches (1991) 70 Huston helped him get a contract..to write a script based on Stephen Crane's story ‘The Blue Hotel’. It was brilliant but unfilmable.

2016 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 9 Dec. e6 A James Jones novel so adult it was thought unfilmable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unfilmable
释义	unfilmableadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪlməbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɪlməbəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, filmable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + filmable adj. Compare earlier unfilmed adj. 2. Of a novel, screenplay, etc.: not able to be made into a film; not suitable for or poorly suited to film adaptation. Also as n. (with the): that which is not filmable. ΚΠ 1924 Manch. Guardian 20 Aug. 6/6 The greatest difficulty has been to realise the evanescent spirit of the play [sc. Peter Pan]..but Sir James Barrie, by cutting the unfilmable portions of the work.., has overcome this difficulty. 1928 Sunday Express 29 Apr. 4/2 ‘Piccadilly’, Arnold Bennett's original story.., is said to be not wholly disconnected with his novel, ‘The Pretty Lady’, the great unfilmed (and unfilmable). 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. xxviii/4 Film studio executives sat up and took notice of the work of writers whom they had previously dismissed as unfilmable. 1989 J. Hersey James Agee in Life Sketches (1991) 70 Huston helped him get a contract..to write a script based on Stephen Crane's story ‘The Blue Hotel’. It was brilliant but unfilmable. 2016 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 9 Dec. e6 A James Jones novel so adult it was thought unfilmable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1924
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