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The Bressonians: French Cinema and the Culture of Authorship

The Bressonians: French Cinema and the Culture of Authorship

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DirectorsFilm StudiesFrench History

ISBN10: 1785335715
ISBN13: 9781785335716
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Jul 1 2017
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

How should we understand film authorship in an era when the idea of the solitary and sovereign auteur has come under attack, with critics proclaiming the death of the author and the end of cinema? The Bressonians provides an answer in the form of a strikingly original study of Bresson and his influence on the work of filmmakers Jean Eustache and Maurice Pialat. Extending the discourse of authorship beyond the idea of a singular visionary, it explores how the imperatives of excellence function within cinema's pluralistic community. Bresson's example offered both an artistic legacy and a creative burden within which filmmakers reckoned in different, often arduous, and altogether compelling ways.

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