A Critical Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock and the Auteur Theory

In 1948, French film critic Alexandre Astruc wrote an article titled: “The Birth of a New Avant-garde: La Camera-stylo”, whichchallenged the then current model of cinema, after being dissatisfied with the quality of Hollywood film that saturated postwar France. Astruc emphasised the director’s ability to translate their obsessions and creative ideas to reach the great...