cahiers du cinema and auteur theory

Alexandre Astruc’s contribution to the auteur theory centres on his notion of the caméra-stylo or “camera-pen” and the idea that directors should wield their cameras like writers use their pens.

ALEXANDRE ASTRUC TRIBUTE - YouTube
Alexandre Astruc

Examples Of Auteur Directors:

.Jean Luc Godard

Why Breathless (À bout de souffle) should never be forgotten
Breathless (1960)
A Woman Is a Woman (1961) | The Criterion Collection
A Woman Is A Woman (1961)

Francois Truffaut

The 400 Blows movie review & film summary (1959) | Roger Ebert
The 400 Blows (1959)

Agnes Varda

La Pointe Courte (1955) | MUBI
La Pointe Courte (1955)

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