page_title: Cinephilia
section_title: Home video and the late 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Cinephilia / History / Home video and the late 20th century
caption_attribution_description: Wong Kar-wai / ??? at the TIFF premiere of Ashes of Time Redux. Monday September 8, 2008.
context_page_description: Cinephilia is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in films, film theory, and film criticism. The term is a portmanteau of the words cinema and philia, one of the four ancient Greek words for love. A person with a passionate interest in cinema is called a cinephile, cinemaphile, filmophile, or, informally, a film buff.
  In English, "cinephile" is sometimes used interchangeably with the word cineaste, though in the original French the term cinéaste refers to a cinephile who is also a filmmaker.
context_section_description: As VHS tapes and later DVDs became more common, cinephilia became less associated with filmgoing in theatres (much to the dismay of some cinephiles like Sontag).
  While Japanese films have enjoyed worldwide distribution in the mid 20th century, the late 20th century saw an increase in interest amongst cinephiles in cinema from other Asian countries, especially China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and, later, Thailand.
caption: Wong Kar-wai (pictured) is a renowned arthouse film director from Hong Kong known for works such as Chungking Express (1994) and In the Mood for Love (2000).
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