Steven Spielberg

The Auteur Theory

by Jon on July 25, 2011

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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Selling out

by Jon on June 23, 2011

Something I wrote in September 2010 with the purpose of publishing, but haven’t done until now.  A little outdated but still relevant.   THE ART OF SELLING OUT Every now and then you come across the phrase ‘selling out’, This is usually applied to someone who has gone against their self-imposed philosophy (i.e. an anti-capitalist [...]

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