Auteur Theory Quotes

Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.

Billy Wilder

Stupid, Book, Fighting

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There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors

Francois Truffaut

Directors, Good And Bad, Bad Movies

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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

Art, People, Helping

"Alan Parker: 'I like the craziness of the film set'". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2013.

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I believe we have two ideas about how movies are made in our heads. Idealizations. Platonic ideals. One of them is of a movie that is completely uncontrolled, and another is a movie that is completely controlled. The auteur theory vs. cinéma vérité.

Errol Morris

Believe, Ideas, Two

Source: www.believermag.com

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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!

Lloyd Kaufman

Yale, Fans, Roommate

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As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But, what I learned is that it is actually another writing.

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writing, Editing, Loyal

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I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

Park Chan-wook

Believe, Auteurs, Theory

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Im very strongly in favor of the auteur theory.

George Hickenlooper

Favors, Auteurs, Very Strong

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