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film d'auteurs

English translation: auteur films

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French term or phrase:film d'auteurs
English translation:auteur films
Entered by: Patrice

20:23 Apr 12, 2005
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
French term or phrase: film d'auteurs
I am not familiar with this one either, nor the difference between this and "cinema d'auteurs."

"Les films d'auteurs n'ont pas disparu pour autant, et c'es dan leur lignee que se situent le cinema feminin d'Agnes Varda."
Mimi7
Local time: 18:27
auteur films
Explanation:
would say they're the same thing (cinema d'auteurs and film d'auteurs)...though cinema may be referring to the overall genre while film may be referring to one film.
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Patrice
United States
Local time: 17:27
Grading comment
Merci!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4auteur films
Patrice
4 +1arthouse film
Gwac
3 -1independent movie
sarahl (X)


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
auteur films


Explanation:
would say they're the same thing (cinema d'auteurs and film d'auteurs)...though cinema may be referring to the overall genre while film may be referring to one film.

Patrice
United States
Local time: 17:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Franck Le Gac (X): Tout à fait…
36 mins
agree  Marco Borrelli
3 hrs
agree  Emilie Laferrière
12 hrs
agree  Dylan Edwards: The director puts a very personal stamp on the film or has the "controlling vision", as this glossary puts it: highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/ 0072556269/student_view0/glossary.html
15 hrs
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
independent movie


Explanation:
my take

sarahl (X)
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Franck Le Gac (X): Auteur films have been made within the system, in Hollywood (Hitchcock, Hawks —Clint Eastwood today), if we are to believe the very French critics that became auteurs themselves later, and their claim has since been largely supported by film studies.
20 mins
  -> are you one of them?
neutral  Jim Tucker (X): cf. note on "arthouse film" below
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
arthouse film


Explanation:
This is a very commonly used term to refer to "arty" and independent films that fall outside of the big studio productions. 17000+ hits on google, for ex.:
'Sideways' in Clean Sweep at Arthouse Film Awards. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Oscar-nominated road comedy "Sideways," in which two buddies get wistful ...
www.ecp.com.cn/news/Article_Show.asp?ArticleID=5065 - 50k


Gwac
Local time: 02:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ian Burley (X): This is the way I usually translate it
1 hr
neutral  Jim Tucker (X): Not necessarily; the term refers to works of directors who have a consistent and identifiable stamp or vision extending over a career. These can be blockbusters also: Scorcese, Hitchcock, Kubrick, and Altman are all auteurs.
1356 days
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