CIN105Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Cahiers Du Cinéma, Federico Fellini, Robert Bresson
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Agenda: introduction to auteurism, the historical development of auteurism, problems with auteurism, the reformulation of auteurism. Introduction to auteurism think about film history and film culture to this day. French cinema(cid:499) in the journal cahiers du cin ma. In it andr bazin critiques auteurism for the following: rejecting creatively than the screenwriter. film criticism, which led it to value certain directors (from robert bresson and. Federico fellini to howard hawks and alfred hitchcock) over others. Problems with auteurism having a worldview that gains expression consistently, and failing to consider history, society, and technology. Robert bresson- style: minimalist aesthetic, use of non professional actors, reliance, on off-screen sound. Narrative: little interest in character psychology, restricted narration, unhappy endings. 1954: for people who became auterist critics, what they loved about cinema was: the practice of auteurist film criticism on the part of those writing for could not, acknowledge that this embrace of the notion of auteur (cid:883).
