Truffaut on the Auteur Theory - link
A clip from the Criterion Collection's YouTube channel, from a past interview with Francois Truffaut. Truffaut describes what auteur theory, or politique des auteurs, means to him.
Key Quotes
"...films are made by a whole team of people, but either someone has something to say or someone has certain ideas about life, or cinema or the world. So everything he does is interesting, even if some films more so than others."
"There are no plays, only authors."
- Jean Giraudoux
"In terms of French film, it held that any film by Cocteau or Bresson was of more interest - even if it wasn't ultimately a success - than any film by Jean Delannoy or any other director adapting a masterpiece anonymously, let's say."
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