auteurist
Americannoun
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auteurists
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relating to or characteristic of an auteur.
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of or relating to auteur theory.
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The auteurist touchstone at Sundance these days is Jordan Peele, whose radical use of the genre continues to feel relevant to the traumas of contemporary life.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
Fårö already is an extended Bergman homage, an auteurist amusement park, if amusement park is what you call a place with screenings of “Cries and Whispers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
“Blue Bayou” was filmed on 16mm, which has become one of Chon’s auteurist hallmarks, creating for a grainy, tactile and textured immediacy of the image.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
We like to think that if TV became more auteurist, it would become better, because it would lead to more idiosyncratic and personal work.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2020
Nolan’s mantle of auteurist purity rings particularly false considering the thoughtfulness of some of his colleagues.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2020
When Vogel wrote, in 1966, of the throng of young filmmakers, he was writing about young auteurists.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2015
Vogel and Cinema 16 created better viewers; Cahiers du Cinéma and its auteurists created better filmmakers.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2015
The auteurists and Roud, Sarris, and the young Bogdanovich produced filmmakers; Vogel produced viewers.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2015
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