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the view that a director's personality and recurring style can be traced across films, making the director the film's author.

In film studies, auteur theory refers to the view that a director's personality and recurring style can be traced across films, making the director the film's author. This meaning comes from Sarris (1968) in The American cinema.[1]

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  1. Sarris, A. (1968). The American cinema. Octagon Books. ISBN 9780374970314

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