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Notes on the Cinematographer (French: Notes sur le cinématographe) is a 1975 book by the French filmmaker Robert Bresson. It collects Bresson's reflections on cinema written as short aphorisms. [1] J. M. G. Le Clézio wrote a preface for a new edition in 1988. [2] The book was published in English in 1977, translated by Jonathan Griffin. [3]
- Robert Bresson
- 1975
The cinema (photographed theater) shows to what extent. No absolute value to an image. Sound and image owe their value and their power only to the use you put them to. In the mixture of true and false, the true makes the false stand out, the false prevents belief in the true.
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Apr 4, 2004 · Robert Bresson wrote a slim volume of his thoughts on cinema called Notes on Cinematographer which defies categorisation. What is striking and unique about Bresson is how his writing is so much like his filmmaking: the elliptical style, the epigrammatic prose, the obtuse meanings, the material rigidity, the conciseness, the frugality of means.
Jan 15, 2020 · Robert Bresson’s book on filmmaking Notes on the Cinematograph, known in other publications as Notes on Cinematography as well as Notes on the Cinematographer, is both a must-read and must-have for filmmakers and film lovers alike.
Sep 23, 2017 · A distillation of his theory and practice as a filmmaker, the Notes on the Cinematograph is full of cryptic aphorisms and practical, common sense advice on all aspects of filmmaking, from cinema, writing and working with actors, to photography, sound and lighting.
Notes on the Cinematographer (French: Notes sur le cinématographe) is a 1975 book by the French filmmaker Robert Bresson. It collects Bresson's reflections on cinema written as short aphorisms. [1] . J. M. G. Le Clézio wrote a preface for a new edition in 1988. [2] . The book was published in English in 1977, translated by Jonathan Griffin. [3]
Dec 7, 2016 · “Notes on the Cinematograph” (previously published here in 1977, in the same translation by Jonathan Griffin, as “Notes on Cinematography”) is the ultimate refinement of Bresson’s thought, a...
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