Portal:Film/Selected article January 2006

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The Auteur Theory is a way of reading and appraising films which was originally advocated by François Truffaut in 1954. As such, it is less a "theory" than a critical method. It is frequently associated with the French New Wave and the film critics who wrote for the Cahiers du cinéma. In essence, the theory champions the idea that a film (or a body of work) by a director should reflect the personal vision and preoccupations of that director, as if he or she were the work's "author" (auteur). The auteur theory has had a major impact on film criticism worldwide.