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The Origins of Auteur Theory


Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on Auteur Theory with sauce and bonus material at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/origins-auteur-theory/ Auteur – it’s a favorite term of cinephiles around the world. But what exactly is Auteur Theory? In this Filmmaker IQ course we peel back pages of time and explore the origins of Auteur Theory from the economically tumultuous adolescence of French Cinema to the culture war waged in the columns of competing American movie critics. 

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Examinations GCE ZEN Theory Auteur Film Studies YouTube Theatre Revision Do The Right Thing Year 12 Spike Lee Year 9 Options Mocks Student Information House Of Flying Daggers Silent Film Drama Assessment Whiplash Short Film Test SOTD

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