A review by gabriel_sakoda
Notes on the Cinematograph by Robert Bresson

slow-paced

2.0

Bresson needs to stop talking. His movies are some of the best ever, but please take his hands away. He is trying so hard to be quotable, but his notes all fall completely flat. My favorite is "the ejaculatory force of the eye." That's it. A whole sentence of space dedicated to that gem of a quote. There are occasionally some good lines, but the vast majority of them are weird, masturbatory ramblings of a painfully self-unaware artist. It's a fun distraction, but far from actual filmmaking advice/philosophy.