Auteur Theory Flashcards
1
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1 - Hitchcock
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The attractions of voyeurism
2
Q
2 - Hitchcock
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Male attitudes to women
3
Q
3 - Hitchcock
A
Interest in Psychoanalysis
4
Q
4 - Hitchcock
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Symbolism of the mother
5
Q
5 - Hitchcock
A
Pure Cinema
6
Q
1 - Coppola
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Protagonist as anti-hero
7
Q
2 - Coppola
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Structure and bonds of family
8
Q
3 - Coppola
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Thematic editing, cross-cutting and symbolic juxtaposition
9
Q
4 - Coppola
A
The American dream
10
Q
5 - Coppola
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The nature of the self
11
Q
Sarris
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Three identifiers of an auteur:
- Technical Competence
- Distinguishable Personality
- Interior Meaning
Style and Content
12
Q
Keal
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- Technical competence not important
- Recognisable features = repetition
- personality present often equals bad film
- Theory is elitist
13
Q
Challenges to Auteur Theory
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- Only useful for the film literate
- Can genre films be personal
- Film is collaborative
- Meaning belongs to the audience
