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I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.
Alan Parker

Meaning of "auteur theory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AUTEUR THEORY

auteur theory  [ɔːˈtɜː ˈθiːərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUTEUR THEORY

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Auteur theory is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AUTEUR THEORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Auteur theory

In film criticism, auteur theory holds that a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur". In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through studio interference and the collective process. In law, the film is treated as a work of art, and the auteur, as the creator of the film, is the original copyright holder. Under European Union law, the film director is considered the author or one of the authors of a film, largely as a result of the influence of auteur theory. Auteur theory has influenced film criticism since 1954, when it was advocated by film director and critic François Truffaut. This method of film analysis was originally associated with the French New Wave and the film critics who wrote for the French film review periodical Cahiers du Cinéma. Auteur theory was developed a few years later in the United States through the writings of The Village Voice critic Andrew Sarris.

Definition of auteur theory in the English dictionary

The definition of auteur theory in the dictionary is the theory that creative directors are the major force in film-making.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUTEUR THEORY


anniversary
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battery
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blackberry
ˈblækbərɪ
category
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celery
ˈsɛlərɪ
century
ˈsɛntʃərɪ
contemporary
kənˈtɛmprərɪ
delivery
dɪˈlɪvərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
dictionary
ˈdɪkʃənərɪ
directory
dɪˈrɛktərɪ
discovery
dɪˈskʌvərɪ
elementary
ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ
factory
ˈfæktərɪ
February
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fructuary
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gallery
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grocery
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noctuary
ˈnɒktjuːərɪ
tawery
ˈtɔːərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUTEUR THEORY

autarkical
autarkies
autarkist
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autecious
autecism
autecologic
autecological
autecology
auteur
auteurism
auteurist
Auth. Ver.
authentic
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authentically
authenticate
authentication
authenticator
authenticity

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUTEUR THEORY

atomic theory
automata theory
big bang theory
big-bang theory
chaos theory
complexity theory
conspiracy theory
decision theory
game theory
gauge theory
information theory
kinetic theory
model theory
number theory
quantum theory
set theory
string theory
systems theory
the kinetic theory
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Synonyms and antonyms of auteur theory in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «auteur theory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUTEUR THEORY

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The translations of auteur theory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «auteur theory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

作者论
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

teoría del autor
570 millions of speakers

English

auteur theory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

auteur सिद्धांत
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نظرية المؤلفين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

теория авторского
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

teoria do autor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অটিউট তত্ত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la théorie de l´ auteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teori auteur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Autorentheorie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

作家論
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Auteur가 이론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Teori auteur
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lý thuyết đạo diễn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முட்டாள்தனமான கோட்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

औटुअर सिद्धांत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Otor teorisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

teoria autore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

teoria autorski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

теорія авторського
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

teoria auteur
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

θεωρία auteur
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

outeur teorie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

auteur teori
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

auteur teorien
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about auteur theory

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3 QUOTES WITH «AUTEUR THEORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word auteur theory.
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George Hickenlooper
I'm very strongly in favor of the auteur theory.
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Lloyd Kaufman
My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, and Stan Brakhage. I then decided to make my own films!
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Alan Parker
I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUTEUR THEORY»

Discover the use of auteur theory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to auteur theory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Introduction to Film Studies
Sarris' regressive use of auteur theory to reconstruct film history, however, represents only one snag in the frayed theoretical principles of cinematic authorship. lndeed, it is unsurprising that such an anachronistic move - the installation in the ...
Jill Nelmes, 2003
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Signs and Meaning in the Cinema
The politique des auteurs — the auteur theory, as Andrew Sarris calls it — was developed by the loosely knit group of critics who wrote for Cahiers du Cinéma and made it the leading film magazine in the world. It sprang from the conviction ...
Peter Wollen, 1972
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Theories of Authorship
We note first that at least four different senses of 'the auteur theory' may be distinguished in Wollen: the French original, Nowell-Smith's transformation, Wollen's transformation (1969), Wollen's transformation (1972). Yet Wollen refuses to ...
John Caughie, 2013
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Approaches to Popular Film
An invaluable introduction to popular film and the way in which it is studied this book brings together the critical approaches and issues that have sought to define popular film from the 1950s to the present day.
Joanne Hollows, Mark Jancovich, 1995
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The New Hollywood: What the Movies Did with the New Freedoms ...
Since the remaining aesthetic fallacies that I have identified in the films of the New Hollywood are intimately connected with the auteur theory, a general word or two on that theory seems in order. First, there is the question of just how important ...
James Bernardoni, 2001
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The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968
A guide to the work of 200 film directors and over 6000 films by "the leading American proponent [of the auteur theory]." Includes the essays "Toward a Theory of Film History" and "The Auteur Theory Revisited."--Back cover.
Andrew Sarris, 1996
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Media Studies: Content, audiences, and production
The main criticism from prominent film critics such as Pauline Kael and Dwight Macdonald is that auteur theory tends to grade art and the work of an individual artist. This kind of grading is impossible in art. Art is an individual and subjective ...
Pieter Jacobus Fourie, 2001
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Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches
Auteur theory, thus, was important, in part, for introducing and validating the worth of film studies in universities, since it legitimized cinema as discourse in a way the academy could understand. Among the first film courses o›ered in colleges ...
Linda Costanzo Cahir, 2006
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Film Genre Reader IV
Auteur theory, in its heyday, concentrated attention exclusively on the fingerprints , thematic or stylistic, of the individual artist; recent attempts to discuss the complete “filmic text” have tended to throw out ideas of personal authorship altogether.
Barry Keith Grant, 2012
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Woody Allen's Angst: Philosophical Commentaries on His ...
In doing so, I confess that I am relying somewhat on an approach to film interpretation usually referred to as the "auteur theory." Since this theory was introduced in the French film journal Cahiers du cinema in the 1950s, many have attacked ...
Sander H. Lee, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUTEUR THEORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term auteur theory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is Arnold Schwarzenegger an Auteur?
... Truffaut and developed alongside his peers at Cahiers du Cinéma, to "the auteur theory" as adapted and (mis-)translated by Andrew Sarris. «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is a Serious Auteur and It's Time Everyone …
The auteur theory has always focused on the study of directors as the sole authors of movies, and as the primary influence on a film's quality ... «ScreenCrush, Jun 15»
3
Why HBO's 'True Detective' Season Two Might Be Ultimately Doomed
That esoteric concept known as the “auteur theory” has been muddied by so much misconception in the decades since its inception, ... «The Movie Network, Jun 15»
4
Where to Learn About Fashion in Miami
Some fashion curators have held up designers as gifted artists in their own right, akin to film scholars pushing auteur theory in the 1960s as a ... «Ocean Drive Magazine, Jun 15»
5
Seeing Mexico Through the Lens of One of Its Great …
... battling studios, or binding their lives to filmmaking, conjoined twins to their artistry. Who makes films? Directors. Or so the auteur theory goes. «Hyperallergic, Jun 15»
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'A Borrowed Identity'
In the 1960s, Andrew Sarris, an influential film critic for the Village Voice and a professor at Columbia University, embraced this auteur theory, ... «New Jersey Jewish Standard, Jun 15»
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The Golden State Warriors may not be the answer for your favorite …
That auteur theory results in failure as much as it does sustained success. And that commitment to an idea will only lead you so as long as you ... «Yahoo Sports, Jun 15»
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True Detective Season 2 Feels Like a Retort to Nic Pizzolatto's Critics
It is a sign of how far—too far—auteur theory has come in television (and also a sign of how great—too great—sequel mania has become) that ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
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Reel to real
... will allow students on the programme to immerse themselves in some truly fascinating subjects such as world cinema, auteur theory, comics, ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
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10 Most Insanely Perfectionist Film Directors
Or, of course, if you buy auteur theory, it really just requires one person: the director. While there is certainly a lot of truth to Francois Truffaut's ... «WhatCulture, Jun 15»

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