Robert Bresson : cinematic style as philosophy /
"A philosophical engagement with Bresson's many films, attentive to more than their religiosity. Over a forty-year career, Robert Bresson developed one of the most distinctive cinematic styles in the history of filmmaking. Criticizing conventional movies as "filmed theater," Bres...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2026.
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| Summary: | "A philosophical engagement with Bresson's many films, attentive to more than their religiosity. Over a forty-year career, Robert Bresson developed one of the most distinctive cinematic styles in the history of filmmaking. Criticizing conventional movies as "filmed theater," Bresson proposed instead a way of writing with images, which he called "cinematographs." Robert B. Pippin argues here for a way of understanding how these stylistic innovations express a range of philosophical commitments, explorations of the possible sources of meaning in late modern life, and the implications of the absence of such sources"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 153 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226845029 0226845028 9780226845043 0226845044 |