What makes an Auteur

. Kubrick pushing his actors to get the performance he wanted (Duvalle + Alex in a clockwork orange) 
. Sound, Cinematography, Mise - en- scene 
. Kubricks fav font! (sans serif) 
. Definition of an Author: Cahier group - Godard + Truffaut - WW2 France there was no films coming through, Post WW2 = French new wave, influenced by seeing a flood of new films after their censorship was lifted after the Nazis were defeated 
. Cahier group: seeing all these films come in at the same time allowed them to recognise directors who repeated certain things in all their films in spite of studio stipulations 
- Mise en scene as crucial to the reading of the cinema and essential in film analysis and criticism 
- The directors personal expression is key in distinguishing whether they are an auteur or not 

Definition:  film director whose personal influence and artistic control over his or her films are so great that he or she may be regarded as their author, and whose films may be regarded collectively as a body of work sharing common themes or techniques and expressing an individual style or vision 
- Auteur means 'author' in French; the word derives from the prefix 'auto', meaning 'one'. 


. Andrew Sarris - criticises Truffaut (Cahiers group) idea of an auteur saying "it makes it difficult to think of a bad director making a good film, and almost impossible to think of a good director making a bad one" 
- Sarris idea - 3 circles: 
. Technique
. Personal style 
. Interior meaning 

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