Film Studies 1022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Redone, Pauline Kael, Wes Anderson
4 Apr 2017
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The name above the title: alfred hitchcock"s rear window. The question of authorship in film, specifically of the director as the author of the film. Author in the sense that a writer is the author of their book. The director"s name above the title of the film often tells the audience what to expect. Their names are so distinctive and undeniably theirs. Snl "s skit about a wes anderson horror film takes distinct features of his films and shows how they would remain distinctive even in the wrong genre. French filmmakers created the idea of auteur and metteur. Auteur: someone who leaves a distinguishable mark on their body of work. Metteur: someone who does not leave a distinguishable mark on their body of work. The idea that a good director should use a camera (as well as editing) like a writer uses a pen.
