strangeness
noun
strange·ness
ˈstrānj-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being strange
2
: the flavor characterizing a strange quark
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Relegated in their time to Oscar-night footnotes, they have long since been recognized as his towering twin peaks—cinematic effusions of a dark, visionary, and fundamentally inimitable strangeness, against which the sheen of even a good Oscars ceremony pales.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The Secret Service, with her letters in their possession, was now noting the strangeness of her behavior.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Heightening the strangeness is the fact that it’s shot in the style of Iranian meta cinema (think Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi), and the mostly Iranian cast speaks Farsi mixed with some French, as Rankin does himself.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
His feature directorial debut, world premiering in the Perspectives program of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, serves up a mix of existential strangeness and such themes as mental health, identity, and disorientation in the digital age.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The Secret Service, with her letters in their possession, was now noting the strangeness of her behavior.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Heightening the strangeness is the fact that it’s shot in the style of Iranian meta cinema (think Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi), and the mostly Iranian cast speaks Farsi mixed with some French, as Rankin does himself.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
His feature directorial debut, world premiering in the Perspectives program of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, serves up a mix of existential strangeness and such themes as mental health, identity, and disorientation in the digital age.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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