An Exploration of Elements of Auteuristic Discourse in Federico Fellini's 8 + and Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim .
This paper will discuss two of these directors' films - Fellini's "8 +" and Truffaut's "Jules and Jim" - as examples of "auteuristic discourse". It will be argued that, although the plots and technical features of these works are radically distinct, each is undeniably the work of an auteur. Both cinematic texts produce meaning through the tension between the director's personality and the material with which he is working. It is this pervasive domination by the director of the cinematic text through manipulation of the "mise en scene" that defines both the films of Fellini and Truffaut as the work of "auteurs". 13 pgs. 15 f/c. 9b.
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