shane as an auteur?

[RydCook]

as for working with the same people on films, its worth noting that shane co-wrote his first three films (24/7, A Room For Romeo Brass and Once Upon A Time In The Midlands) with Paul Fraser. For DMS shane and paddy wrote it, and paul fraser provided additional material. This Is England (shane's new film) was entirely written by shane. Actors: worth mentioning he has worked with Paddy Considine on two feature films and many shorts.

I'd say DMS was definately typical meadows, natualistic acting and scenes, comedy mixed with very emotional moments etc.

Hope this helps I found the autuer project a lot of fun when i did it.

[jack]

cheers mate! im just doing the powerpoint now it's looking good!!

[RydCook]

no problem hope ya get a good grade!

[anonlytwin]

the auteur theory soon resorts to analysing elements of a film that most other forms of film criticism would ignore or lay at the door of coincidence and chance... you know.. was that license plate in 'psycho' hitchcocks way of communicating a long harboured regret that his mother never kissed him before he went to sleep- lets watch every single hitchcock film and see if any other license plates include the letters Q and M and the numbers 1 and 6... etc. if the auteur theory remains a method in which coherent style, methodology, vision can be explored in the work of one director then I'm all for it and I'm all for saying yes Shane is a auteur... it can go too far though. I'm happy to settle with the fact that Shane has a very individual approach to cinema and the cinema he produces is a realisation of this individual approach... he has no sense of decorum and does not submit to pre-prescribed ideas of what cinema should be. if this is being an auteur then cool.

[joan]

This all depends on your opinion of the autuer theory and if you consider it to be generally wrong as I do. However, this does not dismiss from the fact that there are some identifiable 'meadows' touchs in his films, but..... could this be drawn from the fact that he often works with similar people. hmmmm I think I have asked more questions than come up with answers there sorry.

[RichK]

Yet again another thread that underlines the brilliance of these forums. Opinions backed up by sound reason - you should all be very proud of yourselves, most forums are awful slanging matches that quickly descend into pointlessness. Thank you.

[fatself]

Well, another auteur of the form is Mike Leigh...and I found this relating to both Mike Leigh and Shane on the Living Icons section of the BBC forum (see how I tied that in there):
This man is a prominant figure of British film-making, and his contibution should be commended. And if the bfi finance department will allow it, he and Shane Meadows may be able to revive the diminishing standards of the filmic output in this country...even if he does have a face that looks as if its been stuffed with foam.