
Robert Bresson
Keith Reader(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 15. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-7190-5366-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work of Robert Bresson, one of the most respected and acclaimed directors in the history of cinema.. The first monograph on his work to appear in English for many years dealing not only with his thirteen feature-length films but also his little-seen early short Affaires publiques and his short treatise Notes on cinematography.. The films are considered in chronological order, using a perspective that draws variously on spectator theory, Catholic mysticism, gender theory and Lacanian psychoanalysis.. The major critical responses to his work, from the adulatory to the dismissive, are summarized and analyzed.. The work includes a full filmography and a critical bibliography. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, black & white
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-5366-5 (9780719053665)
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Robert Bresson
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Keith Reader is Professor of French at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne -- .
Content
Introduction
1. Bresson before Bresson
2. Le journal d'un cure de campagne
3. The 'prison cycle'
4. The last black and white films
5. Bresson and Dostoevsky
6. Sixth time lucky
7. The director as writer
8. Civilization and its discontents
Filmography -- .
1. Bresson before Bresson
2. Le journal d'un cure de campagne
3. The 'prison cycle'
4. The last black and white films
5. Bresson and Dostoevsky
6. Sixth time lucky
7. The director as writer
8. Civilization and its discontents
Filmography -- .