Mungiu. The discerning voice of a true auteur 1.Introduction “Only great minds can afford a simple style.” (Stendhal). “Style is knowing who you are‚ what you want to say‚ and not giving a damn”. (Orson Welles). “Style is an easy way of saying complicated things”. (Jean Cocteau). The greatest artists have all expressed their opinion about style as distinctiveness and individuality in art and have regarded the personality of the artist as the main criterion of value. According to their definitions
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Kelly Enright Haden Theater Auteur Paper Michael Moore Director Michael Moore is one of the most controversial movie makers of our time. His documentaries look to our government and media for a reason to the problems of out troubled nation. He uses strong statements and sometimes rude actions to get the reactions and shots he needs to make his films interesting. His movies always dissect the most sensitive topics that are on the American citizens’ minds. Two of the most controversial
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Alex Hoffman IB Film Mr. Evers January 10‚ 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson: An Auteur of Film There are two types of directors in the world: those who write their movies and those who don’t. This doesn’t mean that one is a better director than the other‚ but it does however define if a director is truly an auteur of their film. Paul Thomas Anderson dropped out of film school after just 2 days. He went on to spend his savings and college money to produce his first short film Cigarettes & Coffee. It
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other at the first glance‚ but if you study them close‚ they actually have many similarities. One of Donatello’s best-known work portrays David after he defeated Goliath by striking him with a stone and cutting his head off with Goliath’s own sword. Donatello was the first artist that created a nude life-sized sculpture since antiquity. His bronze sculpture of David indicates that he completely mastered the classical tradition of art. Particularly his sculpture reflects the style of Polykleitos who
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Discuss whether Alfred Hitchcock can be considered an auteur. Illustrate your argument with specific references to two of his films. In order to ascertain as to whether Hitchcock can be considered an auteur‚ the understanding of what makes an auteur and its origin needs to be explored. It is believed that a director can either be classified as a metteur-en-scene or an auteur. The classification of an auteur originates from the early 1950’s‚ when a magazine in France‚ Cahier du Cinema’ produced
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studies There have been a lot of arguments about directors being regarded as authors in the film industry. In this essay‚ I will talk about the auteur theory and the directors who I think can be considered this status. The French term ‘auteur’ means author and it came about by French film critics in the 1920s. However much controversy regarding the use of auteur was brought about by a new film critic group called Cahier Du Cinema. It was founded by a French critic called Francois Truffaut. film club
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live a happy life if they work hard enough. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) critiques this American dominant ideology of the “ideal” family‚ the “ideal” life and the pursuit of success‚ as well as female body standards. In his article “Ideology‚ Genre‚ Auteur”‚ theorist Robin Wood establishes twelve values which are present in American ideology and therefore “insistently embodied in and reinforced by the classical Hollywood cinema” (Wood 1997‚ 669). In Little Miss
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KUBRICK CONTRA NIHILISM: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Much critical ink has been spilled over the question of whether the world-view of archetypal auteur Stanley Kubrick is nihilistic or not‚ and appropriately so. To my mind‚ this is one of the most important questions we can ask about genuine artists and their oeuvres. If auteur criticism is to have any validity‚ from a philosophical perspective‚ it must address such issues. True cinematic geniuses (e.g.‚ Bergman‚ Antonioni‚ Wertmuller‚ Hitchcock
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in mind leave the viewer with a positive outlook on the supposed ’equality’ between both males and females in society‚ or do we go on to question if the problems are still present today...? However‚ through interpreting Revolutionary Road with Auteur Theory and comparing and contrasting it with American Beauty it is palpable that Mendes has both obsessions and repeated themes. I mainly looked into how Mendes explored the concept of home.Through various camera techniques in both films he revealed
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Auteur “Auteur n. a film director regarded as having such a significant influence on films that he or she directs as to be able to rank as their author. (author = originator)” (Pearsall & Trumble ed.‚ 1996‚ p 92) Authorship The idea that ’the author ’ is the source of meaning and value in artistic texts has been a persistent one. We talk of Shakespeare’s plays or Austen ’s novels in ways that suggest that William Shakespeare and Jane Austen are uniquely gifted and independent individuals
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