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celluloid

[sel-yuh-loid] / ˈsɛl jəˌlɔɪd /


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Take the case of Laurence Stallings and Truman Talley’s “The First World War,” released in 1934 by the Fox Film Corp. and described by Variety as “a celluloid anthology of the world’s greatest wholesale slaughter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

His effortlessly epic, formidably impressive “The Odyssey,” which opens Friday, clocks in at 2 hours, 53 minutes, which in the Imax film version Nolan prefers comes out to approximately 11 miles of celluloid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

While Bombay brought cinema to India, cinema lived on its streets and not just on celluloid.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

The dialogue-heavy chamber piece -- basically a theatrical play on celluloid -- is the fruit of Hawke's decades-long collaboration with director Richard Linklater, which began more than 30 years ago with 1995's "Before Sunrise."

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

After Milo, there remained only the men in the orderly room, and Major Major avoided them by entering and leaving every time through the dingy celluloid window of his office.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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