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What does celluloid mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.
  2. (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.
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The dividing line between celluloid fantasy and the bountifully adorned starlets making their acceptance speeches gets blurred.
For a change, this is a breakaway from the celluloid kitsch that prospers on the objectification and commodification of women in cinema.
Yes, the launch had the mandatory fashion show, with all the bigwigs, political and celluloid, in tandem.
Inside, the audience cheered and clapped as the speckled celluloid film started to roll.
Unknown to him, it became the genesis of a new film that has taken 14 long years to become a celluloid reality.
Of all the journalistic stereotypes regularly committed to celluloid, none has been more expressive of its times than the war correspondent.

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