Robert Bresson’s Notes on the Cinematographer are working memos which the great French director made for his own use. In all of them, Bresson reflects with a craftsman’s insight on techniques
and their philosophical and aesthetic implications. Not surprisingly, these acute reflections will not only sharpen a filmmaker’s sensibility but that of any artist in any medium. Bresson makes
some quite radical distinctions between what he terms ＂cinematography＂ and something quite different: ＂cinema＂ - which is for him nothing but an attempt to photograph theater and use it for the
screen.
Director of The Trial of Joan of Arc, Pickpocket, A Prisoner Escapes, Diary of a Country Priest, Money, and many other classic films, Bresson is, quite simply, one of the most brilliant
cinematographers in the history of film.
