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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. Howard Hawks

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   Hawks directed successfully into the 1970s, though later works like Rio Lobo\ (1970) were often viewed as self-referential commentaries on his earlier Westerns. His commitment to maintaining a professional distance from his subject matter made him a favorite of the French New Wave directors, such as Jean Luc Godard, who admired Hawks's ability to maintain thematic continuity despite [genre](/entr…