Robert Bresson Humour

Robert Bresson HumourThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work of Robert Bresson, one of the most respected and acclaimed directors in the history of cinema.. The first monograph on his work to appear in English for many years dealing not only with his thirteen feature length films but also his little seen early short Affaires publiques and his short treatise Notes on cinematography.. The films are considered in chronological order, using a perspective

Yeseung Lee offers an innovative practice-based investigation into the meaning of the handmade in the age of technological revolution and globalized production and consumption

People’s Pornography offers a wide-ranging overview of the political controversies surrounding the ban

how successful has the reform been

and the crucial works of New Zealand film’s two great father figures

Organized into three sections

documentation

Alison Frank looks specifically at French and Czech films

he uncovers motives and appreciations of movement

space and cinema architecture in film and video works by artists

This first English translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Petershausen offers an intimate and colourful view of traditional monastic life against the backdrop of contemporary interactions with bishops and lay patrons

The volume includes special contributions from scholars right across Europe who focus on previously neglected areas such as news and municipal cinema as well as the canon of key European films

Through an innovative