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Woody Allen As An Auteur
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The argument that I'm going to make is that Woody Allen is an "auteur", by standard definition a "auteur" is a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory. For clarification the "auteur theory"The dictionary definition of auteur states that the director of a film dominates the film-making process' so much that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture. The theory also states that the director projects his or her own personal style onto the film as they are the primary person responsible for the creation of the film. However, another important aspect of this theory is the commonality of theme that is seen in each of the films that the director makes. The following director Woody Allen applies to all of these statements. Woody Allen is an "auteur" in the fact that he applies his real life ideas in his movies and acts them out through being the main character in his movies or stories. Even though Allen does not produce his films, Woody Allen has total control over the facets of the film. For each film he has done the directing of the movie, chosen the cast, the locations and the drama that takes place and how the drama is dealt with, written or co-written the screenplay; had final say on all the technical aspects of the filming process; done the final editing and participated in the marketing and distribution process. In fact very few people have had so much control over a film as Allen has. Obvisouly not all of Woody Allens success is due to his own, many others contribute in some of the films that have been successful. Although in the end Woody Allen has the hand in determining the films overall worth. I believe that the major theme of Allen's movies is that although we are all effected by our general make-up of a person and our environment we are all free to make a choice of our meaning of his or her life and further more, each of us is responsible for the consequences of the choice we make as a person. A lot of Allens film is based on his idea of philosophy of life.
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