Is Danny Boyle an auteur

Answer 1

Stylistically, Boyle's work tends to have a pulse driving it. His work is often fast paced, slickly edited and set to the beat of music. Much like Scorsese, his films tend to be crafted around music. Even the most static of works, like "127 Hours", have a beat and pace to it. It's almost as if with every film he hits the ground running. I like to think his films are like ticking bombs. From the opening shot, it's off and running and has a limited amount of time before it hits a wall. You see it in "Trainspotting", where the story propels forward, before hitting the wall of the death of the baby. "127 Hours" builds to the amputation. "Slumdog" builds to the final question, "Sunshine" to the docking with the second ship.

However, in terms of the auteur theory, there are key themes running through his work: Money, Violence, Effeminate males and obssessions with pop culture.

Stylistically, he favours wide angle lenses, fast tracking shots and carefully composed close ups