> >some people are more partial to 'auteur theory' than others.  some
> >reject it passionately.
> >yet, all of us still talk of the director as being the primary
> >artistic force behind movies.

> >for instance, like LOR or not, we generally discuss it as the
> >visionary creation of peter jackson.  few, if any, have mentioned the
> >writers, editor, cameraman, CGI geeks, etc by name.

> Most of us probably just refer to the director as a metonymic (or
> synecdochic) shortcut; it's for the sake of convenience.

> >but shouldn't anti-auteurists call this figure a
> >prodiractortographeditorgaffer?

> Well, now. . . in a long career of unusual suggestions, you've really
> outdone yourself there!