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auteur (ōtör`), in film criticism, a director who so dominates the film-making process that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture. The auteur theory holds that the director is the primary person responsible for the creation of a motion picture and imbues it with his or her distinctive, recognizable style. Propounded most notably by the French director and film critic François Truffaut Truffaut, François (fräNswä` trüfō`), 1932–84, French film director and critic. ..... Click the link for more information. and the American film critic Andrew Sarris, it has been attacked by others, including Pauline Kael Kael, Pauline (kāl), 1919–2001, American film critic, b. Petaluma, Calif. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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| The MPAA emerges from Dick's film as a system stacked against the maverick auteur, hostile to the creative process, and conducive to bland homogeneity. Goines wrote his novels while still on the needle--nonetheless, Daddy Cool, about a ruthless hitman trying to save his hardheaded daughter from falling into the "life," is Goines at his primitive auteur best. 5 Auteur theory, the--"Immutable tenet of film theory that holds that the director, rather than the screenwriter, producer, or star, is the 'author' of a film. |
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