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Robert Bresson

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Robert Bresson


Born
in France
September 25, 1901

Died
December 18, 1999

Genre

Influences


Robert Bresson (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ bʁɛsɔ̃]; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director known for his spiritual, ascetic and aesthetic style. He contributed notably to the art of film and influenced the rise of French New Wave cinema. He is often referred to as the most highly regarded French filmmaker since Jean Renoir. Bresson's influence on French cinema was once described by Jean-Luc Godard, quoting "Robert Bresson is French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is the German music. ...more

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Notes on the Cinematographer

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Bresson on Bresson: Intervi...

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Procès de Jeanne d'Arc : Film

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‫مدوّنات حول السينماتوغراف‬

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ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟ...

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“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.”
Robert Bresson

“Cinematography is a writing with images in mouvement and with sounds.”
Robert Bresson, Notes on the Cinematographer

“My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected onto a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.”
Robert Bresson, Notes on the Cinematographer

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