Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Autorenfilm
English translation:
film d'auteur/auteur movie
Added to glossary by
verbis
Jan 18, 2006 16:53
18 yrs ago
German term
Saga
Autorenfilm
German to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
I would like to know a meaning of this term.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | film d'auteur/auteur movie |
verbis
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| 3 | non-commercial |
tanyazst
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| 4 -1 | Film l'auteur |
Karl Apsel
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| 2 | film written and directed by the same person |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Change log
Jan 18, 2006 17:00: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jan 18, 2006 17:00: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "film,cinema" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
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14 mins
Selected
film d'auteur/auteur movie
Although almost unknown in Germany, Alain Fleischer, the photographic artist, filmmaker and author born in 1944 in Paris, is the most important cross-generic artist working in European film d'auteur cinema. He is crossing the traditional borders separating art and cinema, word and image, fiction and documentation, in many award-winning films. This first German retrospective of Fleischer's films will be rounded off by an exhibition of his large-format photographs, and a literary reading.
http://www.kunstfilmbiennale.de/programm.html
In the center of the film and cinema critique we find Jeremy, a Jean-Luc Godard in the making. Shot in black and white, his experimental film features close-ups of coffee cups and other "spectacular elements" that bring his girlfriend to exclaim that his film is "boring". The pedant movie critics he imagines seem to share the same opinion and his small film will only find success with a few intellectuals in a "film d'auteur" festival.
http://www.plume-noire.com/movies/reviews/cq.html
means so-to-say "made by excellent directors"
hth
http://www.kunstfilmbiennale.de/programm.html
In the center of the film and cinema critique we find Jeremy, a Jean-Luc Godard in the making. Shot in black and white, his experimental film features close-ups of coffee cups and other "spectacular elements" that bring his girlfriend to exclaim that his film is "boring". The pedant movie critics he imagines seem to share the same opinion and his small film will only find success with a few intellectuals in a "film d'auteur" festival.
http://www.plume-noire.com/movies/reviews/cq.html
means so-to-say "made by excellent directors"
hth
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
: Auteur theory maintains that directors like Hitchcock exert a level of creative control equivalent to the author of a literary work. http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-french-phrases-used-by-...
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Daniel Bird
: film d'auteur
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Sarah Downing
: I love Truffaut - my favourite film is "Jules et Jim" - It's beautiful!
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I love Malle ...........xxxx... I love "Damage" (sorry, I ignore its French title....) 'Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.'
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Richard Benham
: I think the defining thing about this kind of film is that it's a "Joe Blow" film; so it's regarded as the work essentially of one person (the director), assisted by others.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
13 mins
non-commercial
non-commercial
that's the general idea
It's an author's movie. It's not a Hollywood product. It's not in the same galaxy as the ones we were talking about.
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that is, done without following the generally accepted success-boosters, not guaranteed blockbusters
that's the general idea
It's an author's movie. It's not a Hollywood product. It's not in the same galaxy as the ones we were talking about.
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that is, done without following the generally accepted success-boosters, not guaranteed blockbusters
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14 mins
Karl Apsel
Ireland
Ireland
Native in German
Ireland
Sworn Law, Finance, Patent Translator
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German, German to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Film l'auteur
Wikepedia provides the following definition:
Als Autorenfilm werden Filme bezeichnet, in denen Autor (Drehbuchautor) und Regisseur identisch sind und das Drehbuch möglichst keine Adaption, sondern die originale Schöpfung des Autors darstellt. Letzteres ist allerdings unter Filmforschern strittig. Viele sehen als das wichtigste Element eher die persönliche Handschrift eines Filmemachers, die vor allem durch eine ähnliche Grundtendenz ("Werkzusammenhang") mehrerer Filme dieses Regisseurs erkannt werden kann (Personalstil). Vor allem sind Autorenfilme selten Auftragsprojekte von großen Filmstudios. Und wenn, dann lässt das Studio dem Beauftragten weitestgehend freie Hand. Viele moderne Filmemacher des Autorenkinos sehen in ihren Filmen Kunstwerke mit literarischem Ausdruck. Ein solcher Autorenfilmer wird auch oft mit dem französischen Wort auteur bezeichnet, das sich mit der französischen Auteur-Theorie und der Nouvelle Vague durchgesetzt hat. Vorbild für die auteur-Bewegung war und ist der britische Star-Regisseur Alfred Hitchcock.
I.e. an "Autorenfilm" has the following characteristics:
* script author and director are identical
* script is most likely not an adaptation
* rarely produced on behalf of large studios
* film makers often see them as pieces of art with a literary expression
Die [englische] Übersetzung "Film l'auteur" stammt aus "FilmTalk - Film Wörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch; Englisch-Deutsch.
Zur Verwendung dieses Begriffs siehe auch den zweiten Link unten.
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Reply to Asker's Note:
Not necessarily as an "Independent film" may have its script from a different author. I guess that's why "Autorenfilm" or "Film l'auteur is a category of its own ... It is "independent" though in the sense of not being financed by a large production company.
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okay, Richard's point is taken; I translate German <> English, please excuse my French ;-)
Als Autorenfilm werden Filme bezeichnet, in denen Autor (Drehbuchautor) und Regisseur identisch sind und das Drehbuch möglichst keine Adaption, sondern die originale Schöpfung des Autors darstellt. Letzteres ist allerdings unter Filmforschern strittig. Viele sehen als das wichtigste Element eher die persönliche Handschrift eines Filmemachers, die vor allem durch eine ähnliche Grundtendenz ("Werkzusammenhang") mehrerer Filme dieses Regisseurs erkannt werden kann (Personalstil). Vor allem sind Autorenfilme selten Auftragsprojekte von großen Filmstudios. Und wenn, dann lässt das Studio dem Beauftragten weitestgehend freie Hand. Viele moderne Filmemacher des Autorenkinos sehen in ihren Filmen Kunstwerke mit literarischem Ausdruck. Ein solcher Autorenfilmer wird auch oft mit dem französischen Wort auteur bezeichnet, das sich mit der französischen Auteur-Theorie und der Nouvelle Vague durchgesetzt hat. Vorbild für die auteur-Bewegung war und ist der britische Star-Regisseur Alfred Hitchcock.
I.e. an "Autorenfilm" has the following characteristics:
* script author and director are identical
* script is most likely not an adaptation
* rarely produced on behalf of large studios
* film makers often see them as pieces of art with a literary expression
Die [englische] Übersetzung "Film l'auteur" stammt aus "FilmTalk - Film Wörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch; Englisch-Deutsch.
Zur Verwendung dieses Begriffs siehe auch den zweiten Link unten.
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Reply to Asker's Note:
Not necessarily as an "Independent film" may have its script from a different author. I guess that's why "Autorenfilm" or "Film l'auteur is a category of its own ... It is "independent" though in the sense of not being financed by a large production company.
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okay, Richard's point is taken; I translate German <> English, please excuse my French ;-)
Reference:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorenfilm
http://www.criticalsecret.com/hotsociety_inprogress/filmography/contenus.php
Peer comment(s):
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Richard Benham
: Attention à l'orthographe : "film d'auteur", et non pas "l' auteur".//Someone else's getting it wrong is no excuse for your doing likewise. This is supposed to be a site for professional translators, not professional copiers and pasters.
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the spelling is as per the sources mentioned above; okay, point taken; I translate German <> English, please excuse my French ;-)
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3 hrs
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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27
film written and directed by the same person
a rather non-sexy translation provided by Muret-Sanders
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Duden confirms "bei dem der Verfasser des Drehbuchs auch die Regie führt."
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Note added at 3 hrs 52 mins (2006-01-18 20:45:25 GMT)
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Duden confirms "bei dem der Verfasser des Drehbuchs auch die Regie führt."
Discussion
So,is this a kind of 'Independent film'?