In 1957, a decade before Roland Barthes announced the death of the author, Francois Truffaut called for a new era in which films would “resemble the person who made” them and be “even more personal” t
On November 1, 1911, over the North African oasis Tagiura, Lieutenant Giulio Cavotti leaned out of the cockpit of his delicate aircraft and, dropping a Haasen hand grenade, initiated one of the twent
The scripts of award-winning film director Ingmar Bergman have been among the most important documents in film history. Though his vision in such films as Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal has sh
