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Tim Calcutt The auteur theory: Sam Peckinpah and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Critics and Auteurists have debated the existence of the auteur director for decades. One opinion is that auteurs are present in countries like Italy and France, but not USA. I plan to offer my own view of the argument through a case study of the American director David Samuel Peckinpah. My investigation shall explore the main body of his work, paying particular attention to Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (US, 1973). Writers of Cahiers du Cinema such as Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut introduced the auteur theory. They later founded the French New Wave movement whose chief priority was the importance of the artist. The theory suggests that an auteur's style can be located throughout the body of their work, replicating certain aspects within mise-en-scène, theme, editing and narrative. This style becomes known as the filmmaker's signature....

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