Invention of Robert Bresson
Challenging the prevailing notion among cinephiles that the auteur is an isolated genius interested primarily in individualism, Colin Burnett positions Robert Bresson as one whose life''s work confronts the cultural forces that helped shape it. Regarded as one of film history''s most elusive figures, Bresson (1901–1999) carried himself as an auteur long before cultural magazines, like the famed Ca...
Challenging the prevailing notion among cinephiles that the auteur is an isolated genius interested primarily in individualism, Colin Burnett positions Robert Bresson as one whose life''s work confronts the cultural forces that helped shape it. Regarded as one of film history''s most elusive figures, Bresson (1901–1999) carried himself as an auteur long before cultural magazines, like the famed Ca...
