Anthology film, or Omnibus film or Portmanteau film is a film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event (often a turning point). "Anthology" is derived from the Greek ανθολογία (anthologia), flower-gathering which refers to the collection of poems and epigrams, in Greek culture the flower symbolize the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. Sometimes each ...
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Anthology film, or Omnibus film or Portmanteau film is a film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event (often a turning point). "Anthology" is derived from the Greek ανθολογία (anthologia), flower-gathering which refers to the collection of poems and epigrams, in Greek culture the flower symbolize the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. Sometimes each one is directed by a different director. These differ from "revue films" such as Paramount on Parade (1930)-- which were common in Hollywood in the early sound film era to show off their stars and related vaudeville-style acts -- composite films, and compilation films.
Sometimes there is a theme, such as a place (e.g. New York Stories, Paris, je t'aime), a person (e.g. Four Rooms), or a thing (e.g. Twenty Bucks, Coffee and Cigarettes), that is present in each story and serves to bind them together. One of the earliest films to use the form was...
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