Robert Bresson

Born: 1901-09-25

Robert Bresson (25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably 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 minimalist film. Bresson is among the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time. He has the most number (seven) of films in the Top 250 list of greatest films ever made published by Sight and Sound in 2012. His works A Man Escaped (1956), Pickpocket (1959) and Au hasard Balthazar (1966) were ranked among the 100 greatest films ever made in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll. Other films of his, such as Mouchette (1967) and L'Argent (1983), also received many votes. Jean-Luc Godard once wrote, "He is the French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music." Source: Wikipedia


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What Is Cinema?

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Released: 2013-09-06

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock...

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The Road to Bresson

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Released: 1984-05-13

A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson.

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Au Hasard Bresson

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Released: 1967-04-01

In 1966, German film critic Theodor Kotulla — who would go on to become one of the New German...

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Bresson: Without a Trace

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Released: 1965-06-17

An episode of the television program Cinéastes de notre temps in which the director gives his...

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Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson

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Released: 1966-05-11

A documentary, originally produced in 1966 for the French TV series "Pour le plaisir," about...

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Cinépanorama

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First aired: 1956-02-04

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