“… As far as I know‚ there is no definition of the auteur theory in the English language‚ that is‚ by an American or British critic” (Sarris 1962) was the opening line to Andrew Sarris’s famous “Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962” essay. This essay is what brought the “auteur theory” in to the spotlight in the USA. And to today‚ this theory is still in hot debate. Trying to figure out whether or not the director is the lone “auteur” of a film is a tough claim to make. In an article for Slate Magazine
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Greatness. The term Auteur seems to bless a privileged group of filmmakers with an almost messiah-like legacy. Men such as Alfred Hitchcock‚ John Ford and Fritz Lange are believed to inhabit the ranks of the cinematic elite‚ and not surprisingly most critics are more than willing to bestow upon them the title of Auteur. By regarding filmmaking as yet another form of art‚ Auteur theory stipulates that a film is the direct result of its director’s genius. With the emerging prominence of auteur based criticism
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GARRY MARSHALL- AUTEUR THEORY An auteur is a filmmaker whose movies are characterized by their creative influence. Garry Marshall is an American filmmaker‚ he has directed more than 15 films in his career. Garry Marshall’s films The Princess Diaries‚ Valentines Day and Overboard share a common theme of love and a genre of romance and comedy‚ he likes to use the same actors in his films and have the common plot of a double twist. Garry Marshall likes to keep to the same character persona and
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Introduced in the late 1940’s‚ the word auteur‚ is a french word for ‘author’ which is commonly applied to film directors who portray a personal and unique theme or focus element displayed in most of his movies. Auteur theory first originated in a French film magazine discovered by well respected French film critic and theorist‚ Andre Bazin‚ together with other film critics‚ such as Jacques Doniol and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. You can call it a signature style for these types of directors‚ because they
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I personally feel that James Cameron falls into the auteur theory as a director and falls within the parameters of the definition provided in the reading‚ “directorial style.” (Gocsik 92) Cameron is an auteur of his own filmography. Any concept‚ style of any idea‚ theme or attitude that can be considered as obsessively used. In Cameron’s case this can be seen with his obsession of space and water or combination of both. Cameron’s obsessiveness is apparently clear in his filmography‚ taking into account
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Auteur Theory is based on three premises‚ the first being technique‚ the second being personal style‚ and the third being interior meaning. Furthermore‚ there is no specific order in which these three aspects must be presented or weighted with regard to a film. An Auteur must give films a distinctive quality thus exerting a personal creative vision and interjecting it into the his or her films. Kubrick made his first film in 1953 and has continued to make films till his death shortly after
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the auteur theory witch elevates a director as not just a member of the film crew but as the artist bringing his personal style and personality to a film. Kubrick’s work will be analysed in accordance with the auteur theory in other to establish that he is one of the best directors in the industry. The auteur theory makes it possible for a film to be more than a collaborative industrial project but makes it possible for a film to be identified by its director who is seen by the auteur theory as its
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The usefulness of the term “auteur” has been questioned by some commentators as failing to acknowledge the complexity of the filmmaking process. With reference to one of the directors studied so far on the module‚ discuss the degree to which analysing his films through an auteurist perspective can help or hinder understanding. You should take into account the ways in which your chosen director uses the resources of cinema as a medium as well as the question of personal vision. Film director Pedro
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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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The auteur theory consists of a director’s own personality or attitude in each film that they create. Each film has his or her own style and they use their own personal technique in each film differently. In the article entitled “Notes on the Auteur Theory‚” written by Andrew Sarris‚ he states that there are three different premises of the auteur theory. The first premise is “the technical competence of a director as a criterion of value.” A director can be either good or bad‚ it all depends on the
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