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 on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.
About Robert Bresson
Robert Bressonwas a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution 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.
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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 on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.
French film director (1901-1999)
The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.
French film director (1901-1999)
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
French film director (1901-1999)
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it.
French film director (1901-1999)
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best – that is inspiration.
French film director (1901-1999)
Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are.
French film director (1901-1999)
In the NUDE, all that is not beautiful is obscene.
French film director (1901-1999)
Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.
French film director (1901-1999)
Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body.
French film director (1901-1999)