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Sally Potter on the Auteur Theory
Continuing the focus on auteurism, here is Sally Potter’s position: when you are working you tend not to think of yourself in any category… whether auteur or not. But, I believe that funda… more →
The Motley View
On the Auteurship of Actors
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Ronak M Soni wrote 1 week ago: We normally ascribe a movie to the director and, to a lesser extent, writer. Not that actors don’t g … more →
Auteur Theory
ncowie wrote 1 month ago: We watched the films several times, watched the director’s commentary and discussed auteur the … more →
Directors And Their Screenwriters
mdino wrote 1 month ago: The relationships between directors and their screenwriters are often complicated. Ranging from the … more →
Better than being hit over the head with a baseball bat
thirithch wrote 3 months ago: Quentin Tarantino loves cinema. If anyone ever doubted that, fifteen minutes of Inglourious Basterds … more →
the auteurs
tobogganeer wrote 3 months ago: signed myself up for (on?) the auteurs in a vain attempt to watch go get some rosemary. it’s a … more →
auteurdecinema: my moniker, explained...
Kenneth Y. Law wrote 3 months ago: I’m a filmmaker. I tell stories. I translate ideas into stories. Capturing the essence of an i … more →
Michael Winterbottom: A Book Review
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eyemaster wrote 4 months ago: Brian McFarlane and Deane Williams’s bantamweight volume, part of Manchester University Press … more →
The Curse of Collaboration
Keith Boynton wrote 5 months ago: Filmmaking is a notoriously collaborative process. No matter how hard some people try to see film a … more →
'From' in which sense exactly?
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Jonathan McCalmont wrote 6 months ago: One of the running themes of this blog since its inception has been my on-again, off-again relations … more →
Great Adaptations
Emily wrote 8 months ago: I have just read an incredibly interesting essay on The Shining. After reading umpteen chapters on S … more →
FILM Film as an act of Love {by Sukhdev Sanhu}
adferoafferro wrote 8 months ago: Film as an act of Love by Sukhdev Sandhu Fifty years ago, François Truffaut’s Quatre cents coups her … more →
A Couple of Squared Circles, Sarris and Kael – Excerpt
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A.R. Duckworth wrote 9 months ago: This excerpt is quoted in the introduction of Pauline Kael’s article, and after some thought, … more →
A Couple of Squared Circles, Sarris and Kael – Part II
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A.R. Duckworth wrote 9 months ago: Part Two: ‘Circles and Squares’ – Pauline Kael II Pauline Kael’s acerbic rep … more →
A Couple of Squared Circles, Sarris and Kael – Part I
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A.R. Duckworth wrote 10 months ago: Part One: ‘Notes On The Auteur Theory In 1962′ – Andrew Sarris Andrew Sarris, infl … more →
On Sarris and Monotheism
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aintmsbtraven wrote 10 months ago: I am deeply indebted to my ol’ pal J.W. Hastings for pointing me in the direction of this comm … more →
rough note 10: edupunk/dogme/miscellany part 1/on the manifesto
fatalist wrote 1 year ago: edupunk. interesting that someone decided that “d.i.y.” in the punk sense and anything e … more →
Study Guide for The 400 Blows (Truffaut, 1959)
Ali Nihat Eken wrote 1 year ago: Understanding the French New Wave through Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959) Background informati … more →
Kevin Cournoyer On The Auteur Theory
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A.R. Duckworth wrote 1 year ago: Why do you reject the idea of film director as an Auteur? When you see credits like “a so and so fi … more →
John Cassavetes and the Role of the Author
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monoursblanc wrote 1 year ago: “The study of authorship is not in itself a theory, only a topic or theme. It can involve a gr … more →
