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| Robert Bresson |
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| Born: 1901 |
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One of France's finest filmmakers, Bresson produced a unique and
personal body of films which seem to transcend time and place, just as
their maker was indifferent to commercial pressures. Employing a
stylistic austerity reminiscent of Dreyer or Ozu, he crafted films all
the more powerful for their understatement. Bresson is undeniably
demanding, but his themes are universal, for all that critics have
approached him solely as a Catholic artist. In fact, his subject is the
human soul, its sufferings and its salvation; concerns which are
examined, in such films as A Man Escaped, Au Hasard Balthasar and
L'Argent, with an unmatched rigour, compassion and grace.
Alex Jacoby
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