Welcome all‚ to an evaluation on the auteur of British director Guy Ritchie‚ as seen in two of his most successful films. Ritchie was born on the 10th September 1968 in Hatfield‚ England.. Ritchie’s directing career started in 1995‚ where he directed a 20 minute short film entitled The Hard Case. Three years after that‚ Ritchie directed his second film‚ and his first ever feature film‚ Lock‚ Stock‚ and Two Smoking Barrels ( commonly referred to as Lock‚ Stock. Then‚ not two years later‚ Ritchie
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A film that I found to be interesting and entertaining was Volver (2006) by Pedro Almodovar. Almodovar is a director that received acclimates of being a very distinct auteur very early in his career. Almodovar’s style and influences are prominent all throughout Volver. I will be discussing Volver and how it has become a typical icon film of Almodovar’s work. Many of Almodovar’s film are reflective of his upbringing. Almodovar said‚ “You can say my films are melodramas‚ tragicomedies‚ comedies or
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“Auteur” is the French word for author. Very much like the author of a book is given credit as its sole creator‚ auteur theory gives the film director credit for authoring the film‚ “imprinting it with his personal vision”(goodykoontz‚ 2011‚sec.7.3‚para.1). While auteurist theory is a good starting point for film analysis‚ it places almost total responsibility for a film’s artistic success or failure on the director. The problem is that not all film critics agree on the same definition of what
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“Anurag Kashyap: an auteur demystified” This essay deals with the life and work of celebrated filmmaker and enigma‚ Anurag Kashyap and deciphers his rise from a wannabe script writer to a director whose proficiency earned him acclaim from all quarters‚ be it film critics or the thousands of viewers across all spectrums of society. The essay attempts to explain this versatile artist’s background and personal life and its impact on themes he chooses to explore through
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Introduced in the late 1940’s‚ the word auteur‚ is a french word for ‘author’ which is commonly applied to film directors who portray a personal and unique theme or focus element displayed in most of his movies. Auteur theory first originated in a French film magazine discovered by well respected French film critic and theorist‚ Andre Bazin‚ together with other film critics‚ such as Jacques Doniol and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. You can call it a signature style for these types of directors‚ because they
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I personally feel that James Cameron falls into the auteur theory as a director and falls within the parameters of the definition provided in the reading‚ “directorial style.” (Gocsik 92) Cameron is an auteur of his own filmography. Any concept‚ style of any idea‚ theme or attitude that can be considered as obsessively used. In Cameron’s case this can be seen with his obsession of space and water or combination of both. Cameron’s obsessiveness is apparently clear in his filmography‚ taking into account
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Mungiu. The discerning voice of a true auteur 1.Introduction “Only great minds can afford a simple style.” (Stendhal). “Style is knowing who you are‚ what you want to say‚ and not giving a damn”. (Orson Welles). “Style is an easy way of saying complicated things”. (Jean Cocteau). The greatest artists have all expressed their opinion about style as distinctiveness and individuality in art and have regarded the personality of the artist as the main criterion of value. According to their definitions
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Discuss whether Alfred Hitchcock can be considered an auteur. Illustrate your argument with specific references to two of his films. In order to ascertain as to whether Hitchcock can be considered an auteur‚ the understanding of what makes an auteur and its origin needs to be explored. It is believed that a director can either be classified as a metteur-en-scene or an auteur. The classification of an auteur originates from the early 1950’s‚ when a magazine in France‚ Cahier du Cinema’ produced
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Through interpreting Revolutionary Road with Feminist Film Theory‚ we can assume that Mendes has reason for underlining this outlook on women throughout the film. One could interpret that he is doing this to question the themes of patriarchy‚ stereotyping and the Male Gaze Theory. The way that Mendes allows these themes to be so blatantly obvious within the film almost gives the impression that he is purposefully contradicting the idea of male superiority that was so present in 1950s American society
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Kelly Enright Haden Theater Auteur Paper Michael Moore Director Michael Moore is one of the most controversial movie makers of our time. His documentaries look to our government and media for a reason to the problems of out troubled nation. He uses strong statements and sometimes rude actions to get the reactions and shots he needs to make his films interesting. His movies always dissect the most sensitive topics that are on the American citizens’ minds. Two of the most controversial
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