This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work of Robert Bresson, one of the most respected and acclaimed directors in the history of cinema.. The first monograph on his work to appear in English for many years dealing not only with his thirteen feature-length films but also his little-seen early short Affaires publiques and his short treatise Notes on cinematography.. The films are considered in chronological order, using a perspective that draws variously on spectator theory, Catholic mysticism, gender theory and Lacanian psychoanalysis.. The major critical responses to his work, from the adulatory to the dismissive, are summarized and analyzed.. The work includes a full filmography and a critical bibliography.
- ISBN10 071905365X
- ISBN13 9780719053658
- Publish Date 15 June 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 April 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English