Peter wollen the auteur theory
What is the auteur theory
The auteur theory sprang from the interest that French critics in the fifties had in forgotten or underrated Hollywood films.
Peter wollen the auteur theory
In his reading of Hawks' movies Wollen offers a model of how auteurism allows one to read individual films by an auteur in relation to the auteur's entire oeuvre.
Splatter films
Wollen begins his discussion of "The Semiology of the Cinema" by reconsidering the notion of cinematic language, asserting that rethinking the extent to which cinema demonstrates .
Notes on the auteur theory
Remarkably eclectic and informed, Peter Wollen's highly influential and groundbreaking work remains a brilliant and accessible theorisation of film as an art form and as a sign system.