auteurism
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- noun
- /oʊˈtɜrɪzəm/
- Earlier we noted that a strength of auteurism is that it acknowledges the deep association between style and expression.
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Auteurism is the mode of criticism through which burgeoning directors identify those established filmmakers in whom they see themselves—and the future of the art form—reflected.
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The seemingly dominant role of directors in conceptualizing and realizing Amazonian films lends credence to auteurism, a theory of film interpretation that first emerged in France in the 1950s.
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In this way, auteurism is connected to connoisseurship.
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So, if we expect a stylistic analysis of an individual film to help explain how it works, then auteurism is not enough.
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The preoccupation with the personal style of directors is often called auteurism.
Academic text (1998) -
This particular incident came on the heels of another heyday of auteurism in the 1970s when directors such as Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Altman pushed their own aesthetic agendas radically.
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Many film critics believe that auteurism allows directors to express their unique vision through their work.
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The concept of auteurism emphasizes how a director's personal style can influence the storytelling in a film.
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Several filmmakers have been celebrated for their auteurism, demonstrating how their personal experiences shape their cinematic creations.
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Etymology
Auteurism comes from the French word auteur, meaning 'author', and the ending -ism, meaning 'a belief or system'. So auteurism is the idea that the director is the film's 'author' and that the director's personal style and vision shape the movie.