auteurism

American  

[oh-tur-i-zuhm] / oʊˈtɜr ɪ zəm /

noun

1. a variant of auteur theory.

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Other Word Forms

• auteurist noun

Example Sentences

Responsible for such laughably reductive shorthand as “Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’” or “Hal Ashby’s ‘Coming Home,’” auteurism is the taxonomic convenience that became a religion.

From Los Angeles Times

One result of auteurism is books like this, which cast directors as larger-than-life characters making extraordinary art despite all the philistines around them.

From Los Angeles Times

This connection is key to her form of auteurism.

From New York Times

That might sound like fairly obvious advice, but it’s worth reinforcing for someone not accustomed to watching movies through the lens of auteurism, and who’s still learning to see how recurring themes, ideas, narrative and formal strategies accumulate meaning across a filmmaker’s body of work.

From Los Angeles Times

“Let’s let go of auteurism please.”

From Los Angeles Times