Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Monday, 25 June 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm glad Diary of a Country Priest did well, but I have to admit, I'm a little distressed at the (near) lack of love for Pickpocket.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 01:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Aside from that very issue, I think this is one, and perhaps the only, poll result that most resembles the ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
― en i see kay, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 01:25 (sixteen years ago) link
who is my "Lancelot of the Lake" homie?
― ryan, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Why is it that I'm not interested at all in seeing A Man Escaped?
― Eric H., Wednesday, 27 June 2007 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't answer that.
I am your Lancelot homie Ryan
― Matt #2, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 10:36 (sixteen years ago) link
― Gukbe, Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:09 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark
this at least gives me encouragement to watch the kinda old-time bressons that i've avoided for awhile.
did anyone ever read/flick through notes on cinematography?
― high-five machine (schlump), Monday, 11 January 2010 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I would have voted Lancelot too!
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Monday, 11 January 2010 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link
For a second I thought I was on the Walker Percy thread and was gonna say: RONG!
― lex submerge (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 January 2010 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Country Priest is the most emotionally affecting, L'Argent is his most accomplished, Le Diable is his darkest, Une Femme Douce is his most visually-beautiful, perhaps.
― vittorio de sickofitall (Daruton), Monday, 11 January 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link
have only seen country priest. it's heavy as fuck but i think there was something precious in there. i've heard you need to watch it differently to most other films. my best friend told me that. we will watch it again some day. the priest's relationship with that young lady/girl was intriguing
― Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11 attacks (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Country Priest still my favourite.
― moron oil (Gukbe), Monday, 11 January 2010 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
also RIP that actress who jumped in front of a train :(
― moron oil (Gukbe), Monday, 11 January 2010 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
country priest would have been my pick if i'd voted. i don't think i can watch the donkey again.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Monday, 11 January 2010 04:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Still haven't watched A Man Escaped.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Monday, 11 January 2010 05:06 (fourteen years ago) link
You should! It's a rather straightforward story (man is arrested, man devises way of breaking out, etc.), but the way Bresson films it can pretty much only be described as "poetic".
― vittorio de sickofitall (Daruton), Monday, 11 January 2010 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm sure it's great. Everything Bresson did was.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Monday, 11 January 2010 05:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Ignatiy V inaugurates a series of essays:
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/robert-bresson-the-over-plenty-of-life
related to 2-week NYC retro:
http://www.filmforum.org/films/bresson.html
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 January 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
Diary of a Country Priest is extraordinary. So much Bresson still to watch.
― glumdalclitch, Sunday, 8 January 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
xp really weird to think that "that dude from the arty video store" is now an "authority"
― tanuki, Sunday, 8 January 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
The Trial of Joan of Arc pulls off the climactic barbecue better than the other 3 Jeanne films I've seen.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
"just a little bread dipped in wine..."
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
We've got a big series starting at the Lightbox next month (hooked in to the same series showing in NY, undoubtedly):
http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiffbelllightbox/2012/4400000375
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
yes, full North American tour:
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/complete-bresson-retrospective-to-tour-north-america
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently George Cukor is responsible for evangelizing about Bresson's greatness after watching Country Priest.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
I.V. on Bresson and comedy:
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-comedy-stylings-of-robert-bresson
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
Diary... is so great.
Pains me to say it: his version of the Joan of Arc story is the weakest of the four, adds nothng to Dreyer's version beyond the non-silence of it. V well made staged and made and yet..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 15 January 2012 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
Four? I think I also know of Preminger, Victor Fleming and Rivette versions, I guess that's four
― Mayne ... Or Astro-Mayne? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
I hope you're not including the Milla Jovovich version
― tanuki, Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
VF version with Ingrid Bergman in the title role was on last week but I didn't watch it.
― Mayne ... Or Astro-Mayne? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't know there was a Rivette version! Was thinking of Dreyer, Bresson, Ingrid then Jovovich.
The Jovovich version has 'tude ;-), which is more than can be said for the Bresson version.
Dreyer, with the right soundtrack (or even completely silent) is best.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Havne't seen Ingrid and that has to be corrected.
Sandrine Bonnaire is Joan in the Rivette version. I only saw Part I, the first four hours.
― Das Lexist (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
the films of robert depression
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
Looked this up, and I had forgotten, basically because I sense it probably won't be very good. Not sure he's the go to guy for 'The Battles'; they probably involve toy horses. xp = the end of Pickpocket gave me a very warm feeling.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
― tanuki, Sunday, January 8, 2012 12:22 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
hyou mean ignatiy? hes a real good writer....
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
oh i know — didn't mean it as a slight, just weird seeing reg'lar folks become "celebrities"
― tanuki, Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.momogalerie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Robert-Bresson-balthazar-Momo-Galerie-Romaric-Tisserand-margherita-ratti-.jpeg
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't dislike what I saw of the Rivette, just didn't have the opportunity to see the rest of it.
― Das Lexist (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
so what of Four Nights of a Dreamer? New print tonight.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
it's coming here in feb -- une femme douce and jeanne d'arc this sunday.
― tanuki, Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
braggin alert - i saw "a man condemned to die has escaped" on the big screen, with a pristine print
it is incredibly intense, basically pure action in the sense of not much talking, tiny noises having huge significance, the relationship of bodies in space driving the plot forward
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
and i love how the title says it all: the plot is entirely given away, so all that's left is the action of how it happens, and your empathy with this guy being enough to draw you into feeling what he's feeling
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 January 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
lLes Anges du péché and Les Dames de Bois du Boulogne at GSFC last night — a treat to see Les Dames on the big screen but Les Anges was the highlight — probably his most "literary" film, really excellent dialogue and a lot more in common with his later films than I'd expected.
― tanuki, Sunday, 29 January 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
i'd like to come down to chicago to see the ones i haven't seen on the big screen, esp four nights of a dreamer which i've only seen in a nth generation VHS bootleg.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, really excited about that one.
― tanuki, Sunday, 29 January 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone in this thread planning to see the series at the National Gallery (Washington, DC)?
― stop me before i eat again (j.lu), Monday, 30 January 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
I am. Hyped for it.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Monday, 30 January 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
also just noticed that Diary of a Country Priest is on the criterion channel
― Dan S, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 02:26 (four years ago) link
saw it originally years ago, only remember the feelings of estrangement and loneliness
― Dan S, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
remember really liking Au Hasard Balthazar, looking forward to seeing that one again
― Dan S, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link
loved Pickpocket as much as A Man Escaped
― Dan S, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
I Lancelot of the Lake a lot. It’s strange.
― circa1916, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:59 (four years ago) link
I like*
want to see Lancelot du Lac, not sure how at the moment, going to watch Diary of a Country Priest again and looking forward to Mouchette and L'Argent
― Dan S, Thursday, 17 October 2019 03:13 (four years ago) link
yeah that one rules
The Devil, Probably escaped me
― flappy bird, Thursday, 17 October 2019 04:06 (four years ago) link
loved man escaped, thought pickpocket was trash soz
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 October 2019 07:26 (four years ago) link
I assigned Pickpocket to my students this week, and they've written well about it.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 October 2019 10:17 (four years ago) link
don't know how my post could be improved on really
though i should have mentioned that the photography is just jawdroppingly gorgeous
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 October 2019 10:40 (four years ago) link
just saw Mouchette, it is also great, with perfectly economical storytelling
― Dan S, Sunday, 27 October 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
didn't know Bresson beyond Balthazar before now
― Dan S, Sunday, 27 October 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
all three of the ones I've seen - A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, Mouchette - have a ruthless, closed-off quality
― Dan S, Sunday, 27 October 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
Good description
― Ferlinghetti Hvorostovsky (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 October 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
L'Argent is another incredible film. I really like his style as a director
― Dan S, Friday, 8 November 2019 01:00 (four years ago) link
A Man Escaped is so good. The truncated Gestapo guards in it is something that sticks in the memory, if I'm remembering it right you only see angled/restricted shots of them mostly and that adds to the feeling of de-humanised hopeless dread.
― calzino, Friday, 8 November 2019 01:15 (four years ago) link
enjoyed reading Ebert's tribute article from when he died in 1999:
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/robert-bresson-was-master-of-understatement
― Dan S, Friday, 8 November 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
I like the quote: "If the eye is entirely won, give nothing or almost nothing to the ear. One cannot be at the same time all eye and all ear."
― Dan S, Friday, 8 November 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link
I went to a screening of Pickpocket once and another random guy who was there followed me afterward trying to get me to admit it was pretentious bullshit.
― Chris L, Friday, 8 November 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
Good one
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 November 2019 02:41 (four years ago) link
don't think his films are pretentious but they are on the surface inscrutable
― Dan S, Saturday, 9 November 2019 02:57 (four years ago) link
they seem very modest
― Dan S, Saturday, 9 November 2019 03:01 (four years ago) link
My post was an xpost to Dan S, but I guess it works either way.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 November 2019 03:04 (four years ago) link
I like that only the most significant moments mattered to him: “He pared down every scene and shot, every movement and utterance of his performers, to the bare essentials. Each situation, image, and sound had to have a sharpness, a freshness, a novelty. That is why Bresson’s cinema is forever modern” (Adrian Martin, Criterion)
― Dan S, Saturday, 9 November 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
― Dan S, Friday, November 8, 2019 9:57 PM
Really? His films mean what they say.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 9 November 2019 03:34 (four years ago) link
I think I mean that he doesn't bother to explain anything, you have to make your own interpretation
― Dan S, Saturday, 9 November 2019 03:38 (four years ago) link
Martin's review of L'Argent and Bresson is good I think
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4719-l-argent-the-weight-of-the-world
― Dan S, Saturday, 9 November 2019 03:54 (four years ago) link
Balthazar is a captivating character, but Au Hasard Balthazar as a film is hard for me to grasp
― Dan S, Saturday, 14 December 2019 00:11 (four years ago) link
most of his stuff could not be called easy to grasp
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 December 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
The story focuses on the fate of Balthazar, but there is a lot of incidental nihilism in the events he witnesses
― Dan S, Saturday, 14 December 2019 01:14 (four years ago) link
Mari’s “no tenderness, no heart, no feelings” masochism is really heartbreaking, in that sense the film elicits empathy, it's the component of the story that means the most to me
― Dan S, Saturday, 14 December 2019 02:09 (four years ago) link
I guess there is a lot to think about with it
― Dan S, Saturday, 14 December 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
― Lidsville U.K. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 December 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
lol nvm The Devil Probably is a nonpareil masterpiece
― flappy bird, Friday, 7 August 2020 07:07 (three years ago) link