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The auteur theory

Auteur theory holds that a director's distinctive vision and consistent preoccupations shape a film as thoroughly as a composer's voice shapes a symphony, making directorial style legible across different projects and collaborators. This framework shifted how we read cinema—from mere entertainment to work bearing authorial intelligence.

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