I have long been intrigued by, and resistent to, the exclusion of John Huston (1906-1987) by the auteur theorists (Bazin, Truffaut, Sarris, etc) from their sacrosanct canon of cinematic saints, which included the likes of Welles, Hitchcock, Ford, and co. I comprehend their argument that he "lacks a visual signature" (though that, too, is arguable) […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AM on August 5, 2021