Dan Kois, Slate: "Two directors in my pantheon come from television and so, despite each making only a few features, have a huge catalog of filmed material to justify their auteur status: Joss Whedon and Mike Judge. They both have identifiable visual signatures and rhythms; the fact that each writes his own material means that each is particularly attuned to character and dialogue, and it’s easy to tell when you’re in their cinematic worlds. Whedon’s career has been a long exploration of friendship, family, and teamwork in the context of serving something bigger than yourself; Judges’s a long consideration of the role stupidity and authority plays in making ordinary people’s everyday lives a dim comedy." (...) Click on the link for more : http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/the-criticwire-survey-underrated-auteurs#.T_xS6vXYKSk |
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