auteurism
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In Levine’s interpretation, auteurism has meant discarding months of work, much to his staff’s dismay.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022
Again and again, Morricone practiced a kind of musical auteurism, showing that a soundtrack could forge its own independent, uniquely cinematic associations and meanings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2020
Signifiers of unslick auteurism are on immediate display — natural light, hand-held camera, a dreamy laxity when it comes to the use of focus.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2020
Lucas did not see technical and extensive effects as contradicting the writerly model of auteurism but as a more up-to-date version for a more visually driven age.
From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2019
These constant huge events necessitated an editorial heavy-handedness that stifled the auteurism DC had made its signature.
From The Verge • Oct. 30, 2019
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