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2.In 1975 Tommy was adapted as a film, directed by maverick British auteur Ken Russell.
3.For example, Alfred Hitchcock foregrounded his self-as-auteur by making a brief appearance in most of his films.
4.By his third feature, the 29-year-old auteur[4] (who has shortened his billing to P.T. Anderson) has a regular stable of actors: Julianne Moore and William H. Macy from Boogie Nights and John C. Reilly and Philip Baker Hall, who've been in all of Anderson's films.
