Critical origins -- Auteur concepts and problematics -- The director in the classic Hollywood system -- Cinephilia revisited -- The changing face of Hollywood and the shifting sands of authorship since the 1970s -- Autear displacement in the digital age
Summary
"The director's authorial role in filmmaking has been much debated among film critics and scholars for decades. Examining the controversy in relation to Hollywood directors, the author compares directors and would-be auteurs of the classic studio system with those of contemporary Hollywood and its new climate of cultural entrepreneurship"--
Notes
Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-319) and index
