Week 4:Student Response and Blog to postings 12/26/2016

Week 4 Discussion 1 Steven Spielberg

Jeffrey Robichaud

12/22/2016 7:23:42 PM

For my week 4 discussion 1 I chose Steven Spielberg to discuss auteur theory. He has directed some of my favorite movies of the war genre. Those would be Saving Private Ryan, War Horse and Schindler’s List. While he has directed many, many movies, it could easily be argued for him to be an auteur director. Even beyond the war movies I mentioned, the same could be said about this directing of movies, such as the Indiana Jones movies, Hook, and The Goonies. His style is easily recognizable in these. Although these movies give credence to the auteur theory, one could argue against it by looking at some of the many other movies he has directed. Directors who have done many less movies could be argued easier for the auteur theory. Directors with a broader history, such as Spielberg, make it harder to draw conclusions. Many times the trailers and marketing advertisements, help to connect certain directors, but that is not always the case. According to V. Renee, “Our most popular and treasured directors tend to have a signature style, that special touch that is all their own, that lets the audience know, right away, whose hands sculpted the films they're watching” (Renee, 2015). I think she said it best. She goes on to say that maybe it really doesn’t matter. Just enjoy the movie and quit arguing.

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