The Auteurs is a beta site that from the look and feel of it is going to gain speed pretty quickly. As is the case with new vinyl shops and tidy niche book stores the task of curating that which is already widely available to the public is becoming a true art form as we near our first decade into the 2000’s. Sure computers have made us aware that everything is out there all the time just waiting to be snatched up, but who can be bothered to do all that digging around for just the right good stuff? The weird stuff? The stuff you remember seeing but can’t remember the name of…
Basically it’s a Netflix/Hulu hybrid for cinefiles who geek out on the rare classics. It’s backed by the Criterion Collection and Celluloid Dreams so you can only imagine the slew of “What? You’ve never seen ______ before?” type material they’ve logged already. There’s a growing library of freebies as well as flicks to pay for with really clean video players and unlike the other mammoth movie sites the founders seem to be really mining the community in a by the (film)people for the (film)people way which is nice to see.
The Auteurs is not just about discovering wonderful new cinema or classic masterpieces. It’s also about discussing and sharing wonderful films… which makes us like a small coffee shop… a place where you can gather and talk about alternative endings, directors cuts or whatever those frogs in Magnolia meant… heated debates and passionate arguments are welcome… Hollywood films such as say Annie Hall or Royal Tenenbaums too… at the end of the day it doesn’t matter where films come from, as long as they come from someone’s mind…
Cheers to that! Good luck Auteurs!
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