Glad to help - if you're looking for some really good information on Burton as an auteur, the film theory book in my recent film books video has an entire section on him.
Just come across this when having heard the word I looked it up - brilliant video. As soon as you explained it I went to Wes Anderson - with a current film out there are so many references to the Wes Anderson style.
Are you an auteur because you made this RU-vid film? Are RU-vidrs in general auteurs because we can recognise their work and because usually, they are the sole producer, director, cinematographer, editor and actor? I'm thinking that the rise of these personal, auto-fiction type stories people are telling on the internet is the next logical stage of 'autuer thoery' what do you think?
it is a Burton story and he had a lot of creative control over the film. He wasn't able to direct as he was working on another project at the time. Selick was a long time collaborator. Netflix looks at this film in their "Movies that Made Us" series.
I'm not a fan of Auteur theory, as like you said it kind of diminishes the work of the hundreds of people that actually work on the piece of media. Yes, it's easy to recognize a Wes Anderson movie, but that's not just because of his presence. It's the presence of the team he collaborates with on most of his pictures. The same can be said about most autuers, and the removal of the team's credit, simply to credit everything to the director is unfair.
I think I agree - there are definitely directors who I particularly like though. I think some are just more control freaks than others - James Cameron is notoriously melding with every single aspect of a film
One observation I made from this masterpiece is that the lady is natural loving homey girl.. Omg! She’s criminally beautiful and calm but very active when you get closer. Bruh if u find a woman like this you don’t waste time straight put the 💍 on it.
You are probably right! I think he gets quite a lot of flack just because his films are quite formulaic, but like I said in the video, surely that makes him an Auteur!
I absolutely hate this term. You want to be an....."Auteur?" great. Go get yourself a camera then go and light the set on your own and run the camera all by yourself. Then you can call yourself an "Auteur" at all of the cocktail parties. Making movies takes hundreds of people. It could not be more a collaborative effort. Ego makes Auteurs.
