Casablanca studio system

Compare how far your chosen films reflect the auteur signature features of their film makers
. Humphrey Bogart and the private detective genre - wasn't fully established yet but this helped lay the ground work 
. Michael Curtiz - gritty hard edged films (Journey man director - does a bit of everything)
. Warner type films
. Arthur Edeson

Casablanca reflects various auteur signatures, but from multiple auteurs calling into question the singularity of auteur ship. The context of the studio system can also put into question the theory of Auteur ship, especially as many of these 'auteurs' were absorbed through this system into the studio; where the studio restricted creative freedoms and the producers asserted more and more control dissolving an auteurs signature style into an easily digestible homogenous lump. 'Auteurs' also faced restriction from the Hays code, a moral guide for films which was rigidly enforced; it included the prohibition of sex on screen and the assurance that the villain was punished, the limitations of which are present in Casablanca


Production contexts 
. studio system 1930 - 60
. classical Hollywood form 
. Warner Brothers 
. Importance of the producer vs. the director 
. Casablanca - when it was made 
. War and propaganda 
. 1943
. Hays code 

Comments

  1. JCoSS Media Dept1 November 2019 at 03:59

    Good notes - could comment on when the Hays code existed - relevant when it ceased to operate, esp. regarding New Hollywood

    Mr Boon

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