Introduction In this essay there will be attempted to establish Stanley Kubrick as one of the world’s best directors by using 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
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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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"I would not think of quarreling with your interpretation nor offering any other‚ as I have found it always the best policy to allow the film to speak for itself." (Stanley Kubrick) As one of the most widely acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era‚ Stanley Kubrick enjoyed a reputation and a standing unique among the filmmakers of his day. He had a brilliant career with relatively few films. An outsider‚ he worked beyond the confines of Hollywood‚ which he disliked‚ maintaining
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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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Auteur Theory Auteur theory is often seen that it was created in 1954 by Francois Truffaunt who wrote an essay titled A Certain Tendency in French Cinema. In his essay he stated that film directors would often use this medium to express their own ideas and opinions and that the director is the one who heavily influences the film. This meant that Francois believed that the director should always be considered as an auteur. He once famous stated that “There are no good and bad movies‚ only good and
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Translated from the French word author‚ auteur theory was first introduced in the French film journal Cahiers du Cinema. The theory holds that a director is the primary person responsible for the creation of a motion picture and instills it with his or her distinctive style. It is a medium for the personal artistic expression of the director. In order for a director to be considered an auteur‚ there must be a consistency of style and theme across a number of films. The film theoretician and founder
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The Auteur Theory began in France during the late 1940’s and was created by a group of critics like Andre Bazin who wrote for Cahiers du Cinema and was later given the name by Andrew Sarris in 1962 and is the belief that a film is a reflection of the creative vision of the director. The director is the most important person just like an author is in a novel. Over time two different types of opinions were born which derived from the original theory. Those who sided with Auteur‚ and those in favor
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CHAPTER 1: Auteur theory in the context of Film theory Although the term auteur dates back to the 1920s in the theoretical writings of French film critics and directors of the silent era‚ it is worth pointing out that in Germany‚ as early as 1913‚ the term ‘author’s film (Autorenfilm) had already been coined (Hayward‚2000: 20). Hayward believed that the Autorenfilm emerged partly as a response to the French Film d’Art (art cinema) movement‚ which began in 1908. Film d’Art was particularly successful
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Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war film coordinated and delivered by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay by Kubrick‚ Michael Herr‚ and Gustav Hasford depended on Hasford’s novel The Short-Timers (1979). The film stars Matthew Modine‚ Adam Baldwin‚ Vincent D’Onofrio‚ R. Lee Ermey‚ Dorian Harewood‚ Arliss Howard‚ Kevyn Major Howard‚ and Ed O’Ross. Its storyline takes after a detachment of U.S. Marines through theirtraining and the encounters of two of the detachment’s Marines in the Tet Offensive
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2001: A Space Odyssey‚ directed by Stanley Kubrick released in April of 1968. Although the movie premiered almost 40 years ago‚ it still remains a phenomenon today. The film incorporates the evolution of humanity‚ technology‚ extraterrestrial life and a journey toward greater intelligence. The movie has scientific accuracy and unbelievable imagery‚ creating a visually pleasing movie with very little dialog. The music‚ visuals‚ structure and pace all play an important role in the film. The little
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