Notes on the Cinematograph

Author(s): Robert Bresson

FILM DIRECTORS

Robert Bresson's Notes on the Cinematographer are working memos which the great French director made for his own use. In all of them, Bresson reflects with a craftsman's insight on techniques and their philosophical and aesthetic implications. Not surprisingly, these acute reflections will not only sharpen a filmmaker's sensibility but that of any artist in any medium. Bresson makes some quite radical distinctions between what he terms "cinematography" and something quite different: "cinema" - which is for him nothing but an attempt to photograph theater and use it for the screen. Director of The Trial of Joan of Arc, Pickpocket, A Prisoner Escapes, Diary of a Country Priest, Money, and many other classic films, Bresson is, quite simply, one of the most brilliant cinematographers in the history of film.


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  • : 9781681370248
  • : New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
  • : New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
  • : October 2016
  • : books

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  • : Robert Bresson
  • : paperback
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  • : 128