Common Place By George Anderson As An Auteur

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For a director to be an auteur, he or she must exert their own creative insight throughout all aspects of their cinematic works, such as the cinematography, all the way to the characterisation of each role. Anderson is a perfect example of an auteur because he communicates his stories through a signature camera style, and a narrative that conveys the humanness that one does not expect to find underneath the pompousness and flamboyant cinematic elements. Despite create a form of detachment from the viewer to the film (such as meticulous use of symmetry and miniatures), the current events that surround him allows him to create hidden links that we can relate to. He uses his films as a form of social commentary. In a world where brutality is commonplace, Anderson uses the obscure violence in his films to raise questions about society’s own ethical issues, while also relating the struggles the characters personally face to his audience. Anderson’s signature establishing shot and unique narrative allows his audience to feel the humanness in the story, therefore revealing the realistic side of Anderson’s cinematic pieces. Through the characters of Sharp, Sam, Suzy, Gustave, and Zero we get to understand and sympathise their inner turmoil, and how Anderson’s characterisation of these people are basically a reaction against the flaws of society.

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