Theories of Authorship: A Reader (British Film Institute Readers in Film Studies)

The film director or `auteur' has been central in film theory and criticism over the past thirty years. __Theories of Authorship__ documents the major stages in the debate about film authorship, and introduces recent writing on film to suggest important ways in which the debate might be reconsidered.

The film director or 'auteur' has been central in film theory and criticism over the past thirty years. Theories of Authorship documents the major stages in the debate about film authorship, and introduces recent writing on film to suggest important ways in which the debate might be reconsidered.

the cinema is quite simply becoming a means of expression, just as all the arts have been before it, and in particular painting and the novel.