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Film director

Robert Bresson was a French film director known for his minimalist style and profound understanding of the art of cinema. His films are characterized by their deep philosophical nature and formal innovation, which have had a profound impact on the film industry.

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“A film is born in my head and I kill it on paper. It is brought back to life by the actors and then killed in the camera. It is then resurrected into a third and final life in the editing room where the dismembered pieces are assembled into their finished form.”

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“It is in its pure form that an art hits hard.”

Art Hard Form Pure

Book:Notes on the Cinematograph

Source: Notes on the Cinematograph

“Nothing more inelegant and ineffective than an art conceived in another art's form.”

Book:Notes on the Cinematograph

Source: Notes on the Cinematograph

“Ten properties of an object, according to Leonardo: light and dark, color and substance, form and position, distance and nearness, movement and stillness.”

Light Form Dark Movement Position Objects Color Ten Distance Property Substance Stillness Light And Dark Leonardo Dark Colors

Author:Robert Bresson

About the Author

Born: September 25, 1901
Died: December 18, 1999
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 45

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