Film authorship is represented in the work by the two Italian Auteurs; Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini. When considering the concept of film authorship, the director has complete creative control which enables him/her to make it their own and by doing this the director creates their own style that is seen in their work. This can be true for any director that has produced multiple films; after viewing two films by the same director you should see a certain type of style through screenplay, editing, and even sometimes color/picture. For example, Quentin Tarantino’s films all have elements of violence that is shown because he finds violence to be entertaining; so in all of his films his authorship is to demonstrate violence in an artistic
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Marcello Mastroianni is the protagonist in both of these Fellini films. By casting Mastroianni as the protagonist in Fellini films it shows a common routine within Fellini’s work; by being constant and keeping your films similar in the slightest way establishes an esthetic that can be seen throughout the director’s work. Blow Up and L'Avventura by Antonioni feature a specific style as well. It is more obvious than Fellini’s work because Antonioni has a constant style that is represented through screenplay. In both Blow Up and L'Avventura the climax features a mystery. They both start off just as a drama but at the peak of the film it becomes a mysterious thriller. In Blow Up Antonioni creates mystery through murder after the main character; Thomas discovers a dead corpse in the negatives of his photos he took at the park. The film ends with the viewer wondering who the killed man was and if Thomas ever takes this matter to authority or not, which is similar to L'Avventura. In L'Avventura once all the friends get to the island one of the protagonists; Anna goes missing. This film is more of a mystery than a thriller, but Antonioni’s style is still noticeable. After searching the island, the friends basically give up and again Antonioni leaves the viewer wondering whatever happened to the person who was in
Marcello Mastroianni is the protagonist in both of these Fellini films. By casting Mastroianni as the protagonist in Fellini films it shows a common routine within Fellini’s work; by being constant and keeping your films similar in the slightest way establishes an esthetic that can be seen throughout the director’s work. Blow Up and L'Avventura by Antonioni feature a specific style as well. It is more obvious than Fellini’s work because Antonioni has a constant style that is represented through screenplay. In both Blow Up and L'Avventura the climax features a mystery. They both start off just as a drama but at the peak of the film it becomes a mysterious thriller. In Blow Up Antonioni creates mystery through murder after the main character; Thomas discovers a dead corpse in the negatives of his photos he took at the park. The film ends with the viewer wondering who the killed man was and if Thomas ever takes this matter to authority or not, which is similar to L'Avventura. In L'Avventura once all the friends get to the island one of the protagonists; Anna goes missing. This film is more of a mystery than a thriller, but Antonioni’s style is still noticeable. After searching the island, the friends basically give up and again Antonioni leaves the viewer wondering whatever happened to the person who was in