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Robert Bresson was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of minimalist film.

Bresson is among the most highly regarded French filmmakers of all time. His works A Man Escaped and Balthazar, at Random were ranked among the 100 greatest films ever made in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll. Other films of his, such as Mouchette and L'Argent , also received many votes. Jean-Luc Godard once wrote, "Robert Bresson is French cinema, as Dostoyevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music."

✵ 25. September 1901 – 18. December 1999

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Notes on the Cinematographer
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Famous Robert Bresson Quotes

“Cinematography is a writing with images in mouvement and with sounds.”

Robert Bresson book Notes on the Cinematographer

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“The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.”

Robert Bresson

“Bring together things that have not yet been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so.”

Robert Bresson book Notes on the Cinematographer

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