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1. 1950s

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   The Emergence of Auteur Theory
   Film criticism underwent a significant theoretical shift, particularly in European intellectual circles, with the formal codification of Auteur Theory. This established the director as the singular, identifiable authorial voice of a motion picture, challenging the prior emphasis on studio production models. This framework was ironically formalize…

2. Film

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   The Role of Auteur Theory and Standardization
   The concept of the auteur (author), principally developed by French critics in the 1950s, posits that the director should be viewed as the primary creative intelligence behind a film, analogous to a novelist. This theory emerged partly as a reaction against the perceived standardization inherent in the Culture Industry model, which emphasized production units and market predictability over individual vision [7].…

3. Howard Hawks

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   Howard Hawks (1897–1977) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned four decades and encompassed a wide array of genres, including screwball comedy, film noir, Westerns, and adventure pictures. He is frequently cited by auteur theorists for maintaining a consistent, often understated, directorial vision across di…