All posts tagged "Robert Bresson"
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Book Review: Transcendental Style in Film
In 1972, film student and aspiring critic Paul Schrader published his landmark study on spirituality in cinema, Transcendental Style in Film. Four... -
Settling the Score: Director Matthew Porterfield on Selecting and Syncing Perfect Songs for Sollers Point
I’ve been committed to the idea of using mostly diegetic sound in my films. It’s not that I’m against score, I just... -
Blow by Blow: How Francois Truffaut and His New Wave Contemporaries Deconstructed Filmmaking
As one of the founding fathers of the French New Wave, Francois Truffaut used cinema to capture “truth 24 times per second,”... -
The Working Class Moviemaker: Joe Swanberg’s 10 Tips on Earning a Living Making Microbudget Films
Stanley Kubrick and Robert Bresson each helmed 13 feature films over the span of their careers. John Cassavetes shot 12. Béla Tarr...
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8