Theories of Authorship

by John Caughie (Editor)

The film director or `auteur' has been central in film theory and criticism over the past thirty years. Theories of Authorship documents the major stages in the debate about film authorship, and introduces recent writing on film to suggest important ways in which the debate might be reconsidered.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction

328 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

John Caughie lectured in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow. He edited Theories of Authorship (1981).

Reviews

[Martin Raybould · Rating 3 out of 5]

Plenty of head-scratching essays on auteur theories with case studies on John Ford. I would have like to read more about British cinema (it is published by the BFI after all) but there's some useful content here.