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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
  • Auteur theory is a view of filmmaking that positions the director as the primary author of a film.
  • This now dominant theory was coined by film critic Andrew Sarris.
  • In a 1963 rebuttal, film critic Pauline Kael argued that film authorship should be shared among screenwriters, directors, and others involved in the filmmaking process.
  • In a 2006 book, film critic David Kipen proposed “schreiber theory.”
  • Schreiber theory repositions the screenwriter as the primary author of a film.
The student wants to compare Kipen’s theory of film authorship with Sarris’s. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
In repositioning the screenwriter (not the director) as the primary author of a film, schreiber theory presents an alternative to the dominant auteur theory.
B
Film critics Andrew Sarris and David Kipen hold the view that film authorship should be shared among those involved in the filmmaking process.
C
In a 1963 rebuttal to Sarris’s theory that a director is the primary author of a film, Kael proposed that screenwriters should instead be given sole authorship.
D
Kipen’s theory of film authorship contrasts with that of Kael, who famously argued against Sarris’s auteur theory in 1963.