Short sequence from TVO about the auteur theory, with thoughts from Pauline Kael, Peter Bogdanovich, John Frankenheimer, et al. Interviews by Elwy Yost.
Kael: 'without a cinematographer' etc, blah. Here's an analogy:
I would think that the modern writer, upon seeing the ease of typing offered to him by word processing technologies, would rightly chose word over carbon copy; over formulating LANGUAGE ITSELF.
Yet, this wouldn't detract from our respect for him as a writer.
Why is this not the case with all of those parts of film production which are unionised. There is a craftsmans skill and an artists skill.
the larger the film the less 'auteristic' it becomes.... however i was confused by the Coppolla idea of collaboration. If in fact Coppolla is an auteur how can he use other ideas? Or is the single theme the major focus?
I think that the auteur theory needs some tweaking but when a project is set out to be innovative, then there needs to be a small collaboration of people. I'm not sure how many people collaborate with people like Bunuel, Lynch, or Hitchcock, but i am sure they are the auteurs of their films by a large margin. I know in Citizen Kane there was 3 main collaborators, Welles, Toland, and Mankiewicz, so it depends, i think, or maybe it just applies to the French, haha.
What she means by new york new york is that scorsese beeing the auteur on that film blew in his face, because of the lack of producer interference. there where no leashes on him, he could do what ever in hell he wanted and it blew in his face
Movies are about chemistry and the auteur theory is the alchemist theory. Fact is, alchemists experiment and don't always know what they are doing. In some cases, the experiment blows up in their face.
I'm sticking with Capra on this. The Captain has a lot of help, but he is the captain.
guywiththerockfistup 1 year ago
Kael: 'without a cinematographer' etc, blah. Here's an analogy:
I would think that the modern writer, upon seeing the ease of typing offered to him by word processing technologies, would rightly chose word over carbon copy; over formulating LANGUAGE ITSELF.
Yet, this wouldn't detract from our respect for him as a writer.
Why is this not the case with all of those parts of film production which are unionised. There is a craftsmans skill and an artists skill.
(ANSWER ME!)
GPLockey 1 year ago
KAEL:
Go and get all indignant at being picked up by Cassavetes.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Inverted snobbery.
GPLockey 1 year ago
I don't think that the Auteur theory is relevant.
lasicnotemo 1 year ago
the larger the film the less 'auteristic' it becomes.... however i was confused by the Coppolla idea of collaboration. If in fact Coppolla is an auteur how can he use other ideas? Or is the single theme the major focus?
rougeaussie 2 years ago
I think that the auteur theory needs some tweaking but when a project is set out to be innovative, then there needs to be a small collaboration of people. I'm not sure how many people collaborate with people like Bunuel, Lynch, or Hitchcock, but i am sure they are the auteurs of their films by a large margin. I know in Citizen Kane there was 3 main collaborators, Welles, Toland, and Mankiewicz, so it depends, i think, or maybe it just applies to the French, haha.
marcolopolis 3 years ago
What she means by new york new york is that scorsese beeing the auteur on that film blew in his face, because of the lack of producer interference. there where no leashes on him, he could do what ever in hell he wanted and it blew in his face
Hermy1138 3 years ago
Movies are about chemistry and the auteur theory is the alchemist theory. Fact is, alchemists experiment and don't always know what they are doing. In some cases, the experiment blows up in their face.
bondurango 3 years ago
She pronounces it in the Italian manner.
cerclerouge 3 years ago
SHE prnounces SCOR-SAY-SA...go study some Italian.
sitedecinema 3 years ago