----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Taboada" <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003
12:21 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Pauline Kael and
Pancake
> <<The theory has been widely influential,
which
> may be why it seems so
> obvious to people today, although it has had its
critics
> (Kael was one) and
> still seems quite debatable to
me.>>
>
> Gore Vidal thinks the auteur theory is a joke. He
says
> that, if an "author" is to be found in a film, it's
the
> screenwriter. Of course, he wrote
scripts...
Mario, ever seen Gore Vidal's comments when interviewed for
Ken Burns' biographical documentary of Thomas Jefferson?
They're hilarious. It's pretty clear that he's still trying
to atone for switching the basic characters/personalities of
Jefferson and his megalomaniac vice president, Aaron Burr, in
his novel, "Burr," and he does that by waxing rhapsodic about
the golden qualities of our third president. Of course, this
*was* filmed before those DNA tests on Sally Hemmings'
descendants came back....
Brian
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