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Notes on the Cinematographer (French: Notes sur le cinématographe) is a 1975 book by the French filmmaker Robert Bresson. It collects Bresson's reflections on cinema written as short aphorisms. J. M. G. Le Clézio wrote a preface for a new edition in 1988. The book was published in English in 1977, translated by Jonathan Griffin. Reception
- Robert Bresson
- 1975
Jan 1, 2001 · Collection of insights into making movies, an art Bresson calls "cinematography," not to be confused with what's commonly called cinematography or cinema. It's more like the flow of life captured by the director's diving rods of camera and tape recorder.
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The cinema (photographed theater) shows to what extent. No absolute value to an image. Sound and image owe their value and their power only to the use you put them to. In the mixture of true and false, the true makes the false stand out, the false prevents belief in the true.
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Nov 15, 2016 · Notes on the Cinematograph distills the essence of Bresson’s theory and practice as a filmmaker and artist. He discusses the fundamental differences between theater and film; parses the deep...
Green Integer, 1997 - Fiction - 140 pages. Robert Bresson makes some quite radical distinctions between what he terms "cinematography" and something quite different: "cinema"--which is for him...
Notes on the Cinematograph distills the essence of Bresson’s theory and practice as a filmmaker and artist. He discusses the fundamental differences between theater and film; parses the deep grammar of silence, music, and noise; and affirms the mysterious power of the image to unlock the human soul.
Quartet Books, 1986 - Performing Arts - 129 pages. Robert Bresson makes some quite radical distinctions between what he terms "cinematography" and something quite different: "cinema"-which...