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Woody Allen As An Auteur

The argument that I'm going to make is that Woody Allen is an "auteur", by standard definition a "auteur" is a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory. For clarification the "auteur theory"The dictionary definition of auteur states that the director of a film dominates the film-making process' so much that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture. The theory also states that the director projects his or her own personal style onto the film as they are the primary person responsible for the creation of the film. However, another important aspect of this theory is the commonality of theme that is seen in each of the films that the director makes. The following director Woody Allen applies to all of these statements. Woody Allen is an "auteur" in the fact that he applies his real life ideas in his movies and acts them out through being the main character in his movies or stories. Even though Allen does not produce his films, W...

Posted by: Joel Chibota

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