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Robert Bresson

Born

in France

September 25, 1901

Died

December 18, 1999

Genre

Cinema, Film, Nonfiction

Influences

Dostoyevsky, Georges Bernanos, Cézanne ...more

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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 by Robert Bresson, Jonathan Griffin (Translator), J.M.G. Le Clézio (Introduction) 4.19 avg rating — 3,791 ratings — published 1975 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bresson on Bresson: Interviews, 1943-1983 by Robert Bresson, Mylène Bresson (Editor), Anna Moschovakis (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Procès de Jeanne d'Arc : Film 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1964 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La politica de los autores/ The Politics of Authors (La Memoria Del Cine) by Robert Bresson, Luis Buñuel, Howard Hawks 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Au Hasard Balthazar 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes on Cinematography by R. Bresson (1977-09-22) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Entretiens: Rassemblés par Mylène Bresson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	‫مدوّنات حول السينماتوغراف‬ liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟ 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MOUCHETTE. (In L'Avant Scene / Cinema. No. 80 avril 1968. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

tags: inspirational

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

tags: cinema

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“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

tags: cinematography, film, filmmaking

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