Cinema Studies
Do you agree with the central idea of auteur theory? Why or why not? Consider The Four Hundred Blows (1959) within the context of the Truffaut essay, “A Certain Tendency of the French Cinema.” How does his film work respond to the “tendency” he saw in the cinema of his time and place? Also, discuss a recent film you saw at the movie theater—does it have auteurist qualities? Why or why not?
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