Robert Bresson - Less is More
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- In this video essay I look at the inimitable minimalist style of Robert Bresson.
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I tried to make this video as spoiler free as possible, but I did include the final scene from The Devil, Probably (from 6:33) - however, what happens there is stated in the opening so I felt it was fair game. I've also made some annotated notes for Patreon supporters that goes into further detail about making this video. And click subtitle/CC to see the films referenced.
In this case spoilers don’t matter. Bresson’s films are not about whodunnit. Also, most people listening to your lecture are familiar with his films. Very good narration. Thank you!
“Build your film on white, on silence and on stillness.” - Robert Bresson
"White"
Extremely based
He was a poet.. to highlight that cinematographic art is in fact a poetic medium with a mission to connect humanity to the inner life. Thanks for this great piece.
@paul w A Poet is an Artist.
@paul w Sure, but I think, Bresson was a poet.
Very good analysis. A man escaped is a masterpiece
Wow, this movie was awesome! As an aspiring filmmaker, it is helpful to see examples of less expensive ways to tell a story that is both more powerful and artistic (such as only showing smoke and horses running rather than an expensive battle scene). I'm going to study Bresson's films thanks to your video!
Even after watching all of his films and reading "notes of cinematographer", and making a short, inspired by his theory, I find it inevitable to avoid anything which has Bresson in it. BTW, you did a good job.
The master, and Mouchette his masterpiece.
This is great! Bresson is one of my favorite filmmakers, and I am so glad that you've made this film. Thanks!
Here after Mysskin's interview on Film Companion South!
Even me brother
Some part of the movie is like this: A prisoner always slaps on the wall. The prisoner next to him made the same noise but no one could see him. Later, when the two started fighting, one of them slapped the wall and the other made the same noise and realized that they were the same people who were prisoners next to each other.Anybody let me know the name of movie kindly.
I saw something like this in a prison movie starring Jean Claude van damme called In Hell. It’s funny because that’s the only scene I remember from that movie. In Hell is actually available on RUclips. Here’s the link ruclips.net/video/NQjyQACnz6I/видео.html
Cannot thank you enough for this video. Such a perfect analysis. Outstanding
A great analysis. I enjoyed this.
pilj mi je otkrio ovaj video. svaka cast ekipa!
Fantastic video. Very informative and inspiring! Thanks!
Great edit at the end
Less is indeed more, really appreciate this bud.
What an artist🙏
great video man, you made me want to watch all his filmography... i love Au hasard Balthazar and Pickpocket... btw there's a Kogonada video essay called "Hands of Bresson" that it's also amazing, maybe you already know it
Great video. Adding this director to the list.
All of bressons films are epic
What a review. The Best, Probably.
Very interesting breakdown, thanks
impeccable review. for me robert bresson is valuable only because of cinematography and use of sound in his movies
Awesome
This is a most interesting conversation you have presented. I will watch some Bresson films. Can you upload some thoughts on Andrei Tarkovsky? Thank you
1:22 That's clearly another prisoner.
Lovely essay. Thank you.
That was excellent, thank you!
Excellent!!
Amazing!
GREAT VIDEO!
what's the name of the soundtrack at the end of the video?
What film is at 3:19?
BTW this was excellent, been meaning to watch Bresson and this gave me the push. Glad to hear he goes for the around 90 min runtime approach like Bergman.
Au Hasard Balthazar. I'm glad I gave you the push. That was a key intention behind doing it. And you pushed me to put a subtitle up with the film references (which I had planned to).
Largent was a chore to sit through..A man escaped was great..
What's a good starting point if I haven't seen any of Bresson's films? From this description it seems like the kind of style I'd like.
David Tippell I would avoid the colour films, as I feel you need to be accustomed to his style first. My favourite is Au Hasard Balthazar, but A Man Escaped and Pickpocket are perhaps more characteristic (as they feature a lead protagonist - Balthazar is splintered). Perhaps look at plots to those 3 and see what appeals most. All great. Though for me personally it's not until Pickpocket that his core aesthetic is refined. A Man Escaped is more conventional (relative).
Great. I guess I'll start with A Man Escaped and see how it goes from there. Keep up the good work, I'll look forward to the next video.
D Tipps A Man Escaped and Pickpocket are great starting points to Bresson.
What is the music at the opening?
What is the song at 4:04?
What's the music that is playing at 5:55ish? Before the diagetic piano
The second movement from Schubert's piano sonata No 22 in A major, D 959
Mysskin is heavily influenced by Bresson now I get it
Are you sure he didn't use this minimalist style due to budget constraints?
5:25 Just a flesh wound ;)
What the hell...he didn't burn that donkey, did he?
When vostfr ? :-(
gud vid _;_;_
Julian Palmer, in naming your RUclips channel "The Discarded Image", are you celebrating a book by Writer CS Lewis? And at the heart of your well considered essays, are you by implication upholding the philosophical position taken by Lewis in his final book?
Of Lewis' "The Discarded Image", I have read he takes the position that the Middle Ages came to an end not just because major intellects of the period died off, but because existing ways of seeing the world no longer held social value. I am curious whether your view is that as valuable (and irreplaceable) as cinema great’s works of the past are - and continue to be valued by a few people - that the prosaic conditions of film-making, and comparable lack of literacy today will assure that, to re-phrase Martin Scorsese, there is no need for cinema masters anymore?
Peter Solomon I'll take it! But yes, the Lewis book is where I got the name from. I like your comparison. I also thought about Kael's essay 'Trash, Art and the Movies'. But I don't think I have a detailed explanation why the name was chosen. It just felt right and I saw an abstract connection with the book.
awkward. to listen to. because of the narrator's. prosody. it sounds. like he is inserting. full-stops. everywhere.