What does the French word ‘Auteur’ mean?
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What are cinephiles?
Fans of films who started to recognise patterns in certain director’s films.
As Hollywood films came out to watch at home, as German’s banned Hollywood, which magazine came out? What wave did this cause?
‘Greatest directors in history, early 50s. Which contrasted to french cinema, which was deemed to be boring and “cinema your dad watched”. Which caused the new french wave, like a breath of fresh air in filmmaking as it was a new approach.
In the USA who finalised the Auteur theory? What were the three criteria for auteurs?
Andrew Sardis (1962). Technical competence (setting/scene, camera and lighting), personal style (recognisable colour/frames) and interior meaning (has to have layers of meaning behind visuals).
In the ‘New Yorker’ magazine in the USA, who critiqued the auteur theory?
Pauline Kael: hated the theory, as he believed that films include a whole crew, not just a director, and that others such as actors should be seen as auteurs too.
