My Rating : 8/10
The minimalist tone of Bresson's cinematographic works is a language and art on it's own that deals in feelings rather than concrete intellectual black and white understanding - it moves, breathes, changes and gets under the viewer's skin and hopefully their emotions and sensibilities. One can see some influence of De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' herein though the treatment of the material is typical Bresson. One can also see L'Argent's influence on Krzysztof Kieslowski's works specifically 'A Short Film About Killing'. So the language and purpose of cinema has been effectively passed down the pantheon of the auteurs in some mysterious form - an art form which is the embodiment of the mystery of the human spirit and it's powerful interiority.
The minimalist tone of Bresson's cinematographic works is a language and art on it's own that deals in feelings rather than concrete intellectual black and white understanding - it moves, breathes, changes and gets under the viewer's skin and hopefully their emotions and sensibilities. One can see some influence of De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' herein though the treatment of the material is typical Bresson. One can also see L'Argent's influence on Krzysztof Kieslowski's works specifically 'A Short Film About Killing'. So the language and purpose of cinema has been effectively passed down the pantheon of the auteurs in some mysterious form - an art form which is the embodiment of the mystery of the human spirit and it's powerful interiority.