rifilmizzare

to re-adapt as a film, to remake

verb ree-feel-meed-DZAH-reh Rare

Usage Note

Rifilmizzare is a niche term in cinema criticism meaning to adapt a literary or other source material into a film again — i.e. to make a new film version of something already filmed. It is a compound of the prefix ri- (again) and filmizzare (to adapt for film). It rarely appears outside specialist film journalism.

Examples

"Hanno deciso di rifilmizzare il romanzo classico."

Natural Translation

They decided to remake the classic novel as a film.

Literal Translation

They-have decided to re-film the novel classic.

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