Cinema Driven Social Network: The Auteurs

The Auteurs is a new site that hopes to build on the digital venue for cinema by adding a rich social community of discussion.  The dictionary defines an auteur as “a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.”  The site hopes to expand that definition by building a unique social experience that brings together the experience of other online moviegoers to reflect on each film.  The Auteurs allows users to watch select films free and others for a $5 fee, all in a flash-based but high quality online format.

The site is still in beta, but already boasts a humble library of classics including I Shot Jessie James (1949) and God’s Country (1985).  The Criterion Collection fuels the collection and the site hosts a monthly virtual film festival including some provocative and often obscure movies.  A discussion section, called the Notebook, is essentially a cinema blog detailing the films seen across the site, but there is also a vibrant forum with a range of topics and 16,000 posts.

[via Flavorpill's Daily Dose]