HUMA 3985 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sophie Scholl, Art Film, Auteur Theory
12 May 2020
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In the past, european cinema was arthouse cinema, and not hollywood. Auteur = authorship; an auteur is an artistic director who tries not to take into account commercial. Lecture 1 interests; german people often talk about directors, not actors, of film titles. German cinema has often considered genre as commercial. Characteristically, many european films have primarily been concerned with history and memory. Both west and east germany had a few well-known films or film directors just like how there are not many well-known canadian directors. commercial. During the 1990s, there was a slump in audience figures as films were primarily entertaining and. A revitalization in film occurred in 1998 in germany due to international recognition and acclaim. During this time more and more german directors began to approach genre cinema with an open mind. Socially conscious films reached wider audiences after 1998. Many turkish-german directors began to produce films.
