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Auteurs Gone Wild

Auteurs Gone Wild

A look at A Countess from Hong Kong, Under Capricorn, Edward My Son, Peter Ibbetson, and Broken Lullaby

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Mar 25, 2014
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Recently, over breakfast at their favorite neighborhood joint, the Siren’s close personal friend Glenn Kenny twitted her gently about that time in the very recent past when she made a crack about auteurism. The Siren thought about it and told him, “You know how people talk about à la carte Catholics? I’m an à la carte auteurist.”

In other words, the Sir…

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