“Don Simpson was right about Robert Altman. Screenwriter, Ring Lardner wrote M*A*S*H (1970) and director Altman praised his script in early interviews. After the movie was a hit, Altman said that he had tossed out Lardner’s script and written it himself. The movie’s producer, George Litto, said, “Bob was never one to acknowledge a writer’s contribution. The movie was ninety percent Ring Lardner’s script, but Bob started saying he improvised the movie. I said,* ‘Bob, Ring Lardner gave you the best opportunity you had in your whole life. Ring was blacklisted for years. What you’re doing is very unfair to him and you ought to stop it.’” PlagiarismEgocentricPiracy1970sFilm QuotesHollywood QuotesAuteur TheoryScreenwriting QuotesNew HollywoodScreenwriter Quotes Book:The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God! Source: The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!
“Im very strongly in favor of the auteur theory.” TheoryFavorsVery StrongAuteursAuteur Theory Author:George Hickenlooper
“I believe we have two ideas about how movies are made in our heads. Idealizations. Platonic ideals. One of them is of a movie that is completely uncontrolled, and another is a movie that is completely controlled. The auteur theory vs. cinéma vérité.” BelieveMadeTwoIdeasI BelieveTheoryIdealsControlledPlatonicAuteursAuteur Theory Author:Errol Morris
“There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors” DirectorsGood And BadBad MoviesAuteur Theory Author:Francois Truffaut
“As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But, what I learned is that it is actually another writing.” WayWritingFirstsFeltTheoryConsequenceBelieverLogicalLoyalEditingAuteursAuteur Theory Author:Bernardo Bertolucci
“I don't really believe in the auteur theory.” BelieveTheoryAuteursAuteur Theory Author:Park Chan-wook
“My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, and Stan Brakhage. I then decided to make my own films!” BigsFilmMy OwnFansTheoryDecidedUniversityFilmmakingYaleRoommateAuteursYale UniversityAuteur Theory Author:Lloyd Kaufman
“Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.” DoeImportantBookEndsFilmFightingSoundStupidProductsTheoryDirectorsDeserveCreditScreensMediumsTelephonesScreenwritingValiantAuteursAuteur Theory Author:Billy Wilder
“I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.” PeopleArtHelpingFilmFormTheoryHelp MeGood PeopleAuteursAuteur Theory Author:Alan Parker