American filmmakers didn't accept the auteur theory because American productions weren't used to the small artisan productions. Pauline Kaele believed that the Auteur theory measurement of what makes a good director was pointless if a film they created was great. We only notice the flaws in the directors style afterwards, if there's nothing else notable about the film. She also argues that having obscure hidden meanings doesn't elevate a film, "Judge an artist by the movie, not the movie by the artist". The Auteur theory implies that the director has a large influence on the how a movie turns out, when filmmaking involves much more collaborators and is very complex.
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