{"product_id":"bresson-on-bresson","title":"Bresson on Bresson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eBresson was the only director who knew how to captivate and surprise me. I consider him a unique phenomenon in the world of film.\" —Andrei Tarkovsky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Bresson, the director of such cinematic masterpieces as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePickpocket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Man Escaped\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMouchette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eL’Argent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was one of the most influential directors in the history of French film, as well as one of the most stubbornly individual: He insisted on the use of nonprofessional actors; he shunned the “advances” of Cinerama and CinemaScope (and the work of most of his predecessors and peers); and he minced no words about the damaging influence of capitalism and the studio system on the still-developing—in his view—art of film. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBresson on Bresson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e collects the most significant interviews that Bresson gave (carefully editing them before they were released) over the course of his forty-year career to reveal both the internal consistency and the consistently exploratory character of his body of work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003econdition\u003c\/span\u003e: like new\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e50% of profit from all used books will go toward purchasing food, clothes, hygiene kits, and other essentials for our unhoused neighbors in Southern California\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-block-AV1RSQmZnb1o1ZFBaZ__aov_ai_bundle_mix_match_offer_inline_Ec9dYY\" class=\"shopify-block shopify-app-block\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Robert Bresson, translated by Anna Moschovakis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50546786926785,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/5464\/2881\/files\/IMG_0490.jpg?v=1788152689","url":"https:\/\/www.straybooks.co\/products\/bresson-on-bresson","provider":"Stray Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}