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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…