Bresson famously disavowed his first two features, but though I have a lot of time for Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne you can see the problem with this, his first feature. It works fine in the over-literary style of quality French cinema of the day, but what we notice today are all the features – the professional actors, the emotive acting, the conventional sets and camera set-ups, the literary dialogue – that Bresson would later expunge from his cinema.
by Ian Johnston | Source: 35mm print
31 Dec 2006 1:28 PM | Submit Comment
