Narrative story and author's self-expression are the most characteristic elements in the Classic Hollywood and French New Wave movements respectively. ... In this manner, they attempted to present an alternative to Hollywood, by consciously breaking its conventions, while at the same time paying due respect to what they regarded as good in Hollywood cinema. ... The auteur theory manifested in the both movies celebrated the movie director as "author," much in the manner that a novelist can be identified through recurring themes and stylistic techniques. ...

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