Notes on the auteur theory, 2004 Auteur is French for author. The auteur theory is a way of reading and appraising films through the imprint of an auteur, usually meant to be the director. André Bazin (1918-1958), the editor of France’s foremost film magazine, Cahiers du Cinéma, proclaimed Howard Hawks one of the [...]
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Some essay questions regarding film for a Film Studies exam in 2005. ANALYSING FILM SCENES Clip 1. The first clip is from ‘Magnolia’ (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, USA, 1999). The audience know this is the opening of the film as it follows the opening credits. The clip opens with a non-diegetic narration, with the narrator’s [...]
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