FST-3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Film Society, Alexandre Astruc, Auteur Theory
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Auteur director as sole creator and author of film, film as their vision. Manifests in body of work with consistent style and themes. Auteur theory by andrew tudor leads to people associating auteurism with quality and worshipping directors. 1948 alexandre astruc camera stylo. 1951 cahiers du cinema originates theory. Postwar period had created influx of american films in europe. 1954 truffaut, la politique des auteurs- how to see groups of films as product of author. The auteur was perceived as an individual who clearly left the mark of his personality upon the film process. Traditionally, the model of an author in the cinema was that of the european director with an open artistic aspiration and full control over film. However, as peter wollen points out, the careers of these acclaimed european directors could often stagnate or even be reduced to total anonymity as they crossed the atlantic to continue making films in hollywood.
