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Robert Bresson (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ bʁɛsɔ̃]; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses , and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of ...
Robert Bresson (1901-1999) was a French writer and director of minimalist and personalist films. He is known for his works such as Diary of a Country Priest, Pickpocket, and Au hasard Balthazar, and is considered one of the greatest artists in the history of cinema.
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- Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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- A Man Escaped (1956) In an unlikely alignment of Bresson’s style with the genre sensibilities of the “prison break” film, A Man Escaped may be Bresson’s only truly mainstream work while also arguably his first and fullest expression of the asceticism his whole career worked toward, both feeding and feeding on the genre mandated tension and stoicism, and finding in the prison setting a readymade stage for dramatic allegories of the spiritual.
- Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) Au Hasard Balthazar chronicles a slice of provincial life through the impassive eyes of a donkey, the titular Balthazar, as he changes hands from master to master, used and abused and silently bearing his burden.
- Diary of a Country Priest (1951) The culmination of Bresson’s work in melodrama – following the mostly conventional Angels of Sin and Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne – and his final use of professional actors, Diary of a Country Priest, from George Bernanos’ novel of the same name, also establishes his mode of existential character study, its motifs and conventions of the strictly single perspective of the priest (Claude Laydu), the exploration of psyche through diary and voiceover narration, and the film’s dramatic grounding in the internal movements of the priest’s spiritual condition, and the way these influence his relation to those around him.
- Mouchette (1967) From a novel by the same Bernanos as Diary of a Country Priest, Mouchette almost looks to be Bresson’s 400 Blows in its story of a poor and ostracized country girl that quickly takes a turn for the miserable.
Robert Bresson (born September 25, 1901, Bromont-Lamonthe, Puy-de Dôme, France—died December 18, 1999, Droué-sur-Drouette) was a French writer-director who, despite his limited output, has been rightly celebrated as one of the cinema’s few authentic geniuses.
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Dec 23, 1999 · Roger Ebert pays tribute to the French director, whose austere and spiritual films evoked praise but little imitation. He praises Bresson's distinctive style, his restrained actors, his avoidance of music and special effects, and his passion for simplicity and discipline.
How did Bresson and Godard challenge the conventions of French cinema in the 50s and 60s? This article explores their theoretical and artistic contributions to the New Wave movement and its legacy.
Sep 23, 2016 · Learn how to appreciate the sublime minimalism of Robert Bresson, a French director who stripped away excess and revealed the transcendent through the natural. Discover his best-known films, such as A Man Escaped, Pickpocket and Au hasard Balthazar, and his influences, sources and themes.
