cinennui\sin-on-WEE\ (noun): 1. A weariness and/or dissatisfaction related to cinema. 2. A malaise borne of viewing too many films in too short a period. Symptoms include a rare strain of Tourette Syndrome marked by involuntary sighing, snorting, smartphone-checking, and eye-rolling during screenings; a myopia that only can be corrected by big black glasses; an allergy to supersized artificial butter-flavored popcorn; an imperviousness to new works by David O. Russell; an inability to speak without arcane cinematic references and ’80s movie quotes; a protracted tendency to love or hate everything. Cures include thrice-daily sessions with Woody Allen’s psychoanalyst or (preferably) an exorcist; beat-downs from people who actually work for a living; fresh air; a viewing of Singin’ in the Rain, any movie starring Marilyn Monroe (pictured here), and/or one directed by Preston Sturges or Billy Wilder. From the snooty French-Spoonerist dialect known as Lisoise. Synonym: unmovied (adj).
Sledgehelmer\ˈslej-helm-mər\ (noun): A film director who drives his or her points home with great gusto and an even greater lack of subtlety. From the ancient Yiddish-Bostonian-Spoonerist dialect known as Liserese. See: Andrew Dominik (pictured left), Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Tom Hooper.
cinennui \sin-on-WEE\ (noun): 1. A weariness and/or dissatisfaction related to cinema. 2. A malaise borne of viewing too many films in too short a period. Symptoms include a rare strain of Tourette Syndrome marked by involuntary sighing, snorting, smartphone-checking, and eye-rolling during screenings; a myopia that only can be corrected by big black glasses; an allergy to supersized artificial butter-flavored popcorn; an imperviousness to new works by David O. Russell; an inability to speak without arcane cinematic references and ’80s movie quotes; a protracted tendency to love or hate everything. Cures include thrice-daily sessions with Woody Allen’s psychoanalyst or (preferably) an exorcist; beat-downs from people who actually work for a living; fresh air; a viewing of Singin’ in the Rain, any movie starring Marilyn Monroe (pictured here), and/or one directed by Preston Sturges or Billy Wilder. From the snooty French-Spoonerist dialect known as Lisoise. Synonym: unmovied (adj).
