Robert Bresson (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719053665)

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.

Author: Keith Reader
ISBN-10: 0719053668
ISBN-13: 9780719053665
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2000
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2000 pg. 714