简介：Description:Filmedmostlyinhiscountryhomein1965,ROBERTBRESSON-WITHOUTATRACEisarevealingdiscussionwithBresson.BressonatthistimehadcompletedsixofhismostwellknownfilmsandwasintheprocessofshootingAuHasardBalthazar. Usuallyamanoffewwords,havingneverbeforegrantedaninterviewoncamera,Bressonagreedtoanswerthequestionsofathen-unknownwriterFrançoisWeyergans,fortheCineastedeNotreTempsseries. Rangingovertopicsfromtheinspirationbehindhisfilms,tohisideasontheuseofsound,actors,editingandmusic,andthestateof(thethen)contemporarycinema(fromJamesBondtotheNewWave),Bressondescribeshissingularapproachtofilmmaking. Incorporatingclipsfromseveralofhisfilms,andwithanewintroductionbyWeyerganstoday,ROBERTBRESSON-WITHOUTATRACEisauniquehistoricalrecordthatprovidesunparalleledinsightintotheworkandideasofRobertBresson. "Recommended.RobertBressonisthemostunder-ratedofthemajorFrenchfilmdirectors.[WITHOUTATRACE]istheonlyfilmedinterviewgrantedbythiselusivedirector.Bresson'scommentsonvariedsubjects(Matisse,Cezanne,Pascal,Dostoevsky,cinemavs.theatre,actorsvs.protagonists,cinemamusic,etc.)arepithy,rapidfire,andalwaysentertainingandinteresting.ThisisanimportantdocumentaryforthestudyofFrenchfilms...Avaluableadditiontocomprehensivecollegefilmcollections."-EducationalMediaReviewsOnline "Inaface-to-faceinterviewwithBresson,theviewergetsaninsightonthedirector'sstyleoffilmmaking,hisphilosophyandotherpleasantriessuchashislivingconditionsinParis.Anumberofexcellentfilmclipsfrom"Pickpocket"and"TheTrialofJoanofArc"roundoutthisimportantfilmintheCINEMA,OFOURTIMEseries."-HistoricalMediaReview…