Andrew Sarris - Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962
On page 563 of the article titled to Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962 written by Sarris, he mentioned his point of view about the Concentric circle. The concentric circle is used to see the premises of an auteur theory visually in three areas: Outer circle - technician, second circle - style (personal style) and then the inner circle - interior meaning. He states that there are no prescribed courses by which a director passes through the three circles. There have been directors who were an auteur but did not go through one of the parts of the Concentric circle e.g like Bunuel. Even before he could assemble the first technique of the outer circle, he became an auteur. Visconti and Rossellini evolved in a opposite direction from being a metteur to a auteur and from being a auteur to a mettuer. (Sarris,1997,pp.563).
Sarris, A. (1962). Andrew Sarris: Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962,pp.563.
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