Robert Bresson
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Biography
Robert Bresson was a French filmmaker. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of minimalist film.
"When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration."
"Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen."
"Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing"
"The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. Power of the cinematographer who appeals to the two senses in a governable way.Against the tactics of speed, of noise, set tactics of slowness, of silence."