READINGS WEEK 7 / JUNE 9TH Lecture & Discussion Session on Auteur Theory

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Required Readings:

Astruc, Alexandra, “The Birth Of A New Avant-Garde: La Camera-Stylo”, Critical Visions In Film Theory: Classic And Contemporary Readings, eds. Timothy Corrigan, Patricia White with Meta Mazaj, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011, pp350-354

here is a convenient link:http://www.newwavefilm.com/about/camera-stylo-astruc.shtml

Sarris, Andrew. “the Auteur Theory Revisited”, Critical Visions In Film Theory: Classic And Contemporary Readings, eds. Timothy Corrigan, Patricia White with Meta Mazaj, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011, pp354-361

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Stephen Teo, "Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love: Like a Ritual in Transfigured Time", Senses of Cinema, Issue 13, 2001
http://sensesofcinema.com/2001/wong-kar-wai/mood/


Yue, Audrey (2003) “In the Mood for Love: Intersections of Hong Kong Modernity.” In Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takes, edited by Chris Berry, BFI, pp128–136.

[distributed in class]

Reference Reading:

“Introduction” & Bazin, Andre. “On the politique des auteurs”, Cahier du Cinema--the 1950s: Neorealism, Hollywood, New Wave. Eds. Jim Hiller. Harvard University Press, 1985. P5-14 & p248-259

[DOWNLOAD Bazin article here]

[Download INTRO here]