Bresson departs from a run of distinctly contemporary works with Lancelot, possibly the ultimate medieval film, and works from a script he had written twenty years prior. The rhythms of this film are as hypnotizing as ever for Bresson: the clanking of armor, the footsteps of horses, and the ringing out of medieval horn underscore […]
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Bresson departs from a run of distinctly contemporary works with Lancelot, possibly the ultimate medieval film, and works from a script he had written twenty years prior. The rhythms of this film are as hypnotizing as ever for Bresson: the clanking of armor, the footsteps of horses, and the ringing out of medieval horn underscore […]
One of Bresson’s most overtly religious works, and the film that marked his international breakthrough, Diary follows the service of a young Catholic priest (Claude Laydu) as he grows ill in the rural village of his parish. The film’s softly lit black-and-white images show on Laydu’s face the coldness of the trials he faces, yet […]
One of Bresson’s most overtly religious works, and the film that marked his international breakthrough, Diary follows the service of a young Catholic priest (Claude Laydu) as he grows ill in the rural village of his parish. The film’s softly lit black-and-white images show on Laydu’s face the coldness of the trials he faces, yet […]
This Dostoevsky adaptation begins with the suicide of Elle, the titular “gentle woman,” and is framed in flashback as we see her husband trace their young, troubled relationship. For its color cinematography (Bresson’s first) and dealings in urban disillusionment, Une femme douce could be seen as a framework for the latter half of Bresson’s career […]