"absolute cinema" meaning in English

See absolute cinema in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} absolute cinema (uncountable)
  1. (Internet slang, neologism) Cinema that is personally considered to be outstanding. Tags: Internet, neologism, uncountable Related terms: absolutely cinematic, kino
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  2. (Internet slang, neologism, by extension) Any event or work personally considered to be outstanding or amusing. Tags: Internet, broadly, neologism, uncountable Translations (Translations): großes Kino (German)
    Sense id: en-absolute_cinema-en-noun-efkTK-3x Categories (other): English neologisms Disambiguation of 'Translations': 36 64
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