Bresson On Bresson

Interviews, 1943-1983. Robert Bresson is considered one of the most important film directors of the 20th century and a master of modern French cinema. Jean-Luc Godard said of Bresson, 'Robert Bresson is French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music.' Organized chronologically, this collection of interviews and testimonials reveals the development of Bresson's thought over the course of forty years. Here, aspiring directors and film-lovers alike can glean knowledge of the craft from one of its finest practitioners.