Word: auteurism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York the pavement moans under you. A crazed auteur manipulates the crowds as they trot out of the Circle in the Square and the Uris simultaneously, steering them to another train of limos and a field of rusty Chryslers. The violinist's eyes reflect the melancholy dreams of a man who has spent this evening sidewalk-hopping. His bow claws at his violin while he glances woefully at the case at his feet, a felt-covered basin for six quarters, nine dimes and a tribe of pennies. "C'mon folks, if you give a little more, I won't play...
...fans, Allen courageously broke with this former concept of film comedy and revived the style exemplied by the best works of Chaplin and Keaton which, at times, emphasized aesthetic considerations to the detriment of box-office success. In Manhattan Allen demonstrates his growth from entertaining performer to genuine film auteur, yet maintaining his bond with millions of movie-goers. Contrary to all expectations, current reports confirm that Manhattan is booming at the box-office throughout the country, testifying that Allen has resolved what had been considered impossible-a reconcilement between art and entertainment; to put it bluntly, without compromising...
...enough romantics will sit through the tennis sequences to form a profitable audience for Players. It may be that the movie's commercial fate rests with those perverse souls who are always looking for good bad movies to snicker over. For them, Director Harvey is surely a treasured auteur, and this one of his finest, in terminable hours...
...life, a dumb job." Moore says the position has been highly overblown, probably because of cinema, where the director has much more control. "Plays used to be staged by the stage-managers," he said, "but films have carried over the idea that the director is a charismatic force, an 'auteur.' I've never made an 'auteur' film...
...agenda is Gore Vidal's Caligula, a film project financed by Penthouse Publisher Bob Guccione and starring Malcolm McDowell. The title, naturally, is Vidal's idea. "I decided to strike a blow for the writer," he says, "and against the idea that the director is the sole auteur of a film Some are-Fellini, Bergman. But most directors are parasites, peculiarly dependent on the talents of writers whose names they very rarely reveal to the press." More immediate is a March visit to the U.S. promoting 1876. Vidal seems unenthusiastic: "When I think about it, I just...