tghfilm
-
Revisiting The Politique des Auteurs (With additional thoughts on Auteurism and Auteur Theory)
The origin of what is now called “Auteurism” can be traced to the politique des auteurs inaugurated by François Truffaut in an article titled “A Certain Tendency of the French Cinema,” published in 1954 in the Cahiers du Cinema. By the French politique I am tempted to understand this article as a kind of politics.…