special world

Marques 2022-03-23 09:03:09

New wave cadres say: Everyone loves Bresson!
The movie is divided into two parts, one is to watch and the other is to shoot. Get a feel for what it is to see. People who like it will see the emotions that touch them from the inside. Everyone is different, and the subtle differences can only be experienced by yourself.
And how to shoot will be more mysterious. We can take every shot apart, even the actor's position, demeanor, set, lighting, camera movement...everything can be replicated, and every shot doesn't look too difficult. But it's these simple shots that make for a great movie.
Perhaps the real difficulty is how to see the world with eyes. Everyone in life has their own story. The director should look at the world with his own eyes and heart, and then extract what he thinks is the most meaningful to show. Using his own logic, put these pieces together.
Bresson has always emphasized film writing. Cameras, "models" (he doesn't like to be called "actors")... are tools for his writing. Say the motto in simple language. Like his movie diaries.
The more concise something is, the more infinite it can show.
Maybe Bresson's film is not just about studying his shots, but also reading the original, and then thinking about why he made it this way. What kind of thinking and vision is that to look at the world?
Off topic. Bresson made such films, but his films made money. because of low cost. If you want to make a good movie at a low cost, you need to see a unique world.

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Extended Reading
  • Josie 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    The film, adapted from a novel of the same name, tells the story of how a 14-year-old girl becomes self-indulgent. Several scenes are very cold: in school, the girl did not communicate with her classmates, nor did she communicate with the teacher, and she was very cold to the surrounding environment and people, why? Look down for a reason... At home, the girl has a bedridden mother who is always gloomy and hopeless in every shot of her mother. The girl is responsible for everything at home, feeding her brother milk, changing diapers, and from time to time, she has to get coffee for her father and brother... She lives in such an environment, home to school, school to home, Hurry away, and then, go alone again. The happy sprouts that did not grow easily in her life. The film is very Bresson, extraordinarily restrained, extraordinarily simple, with very little dialogue, and black and white shots, which give people a strong shock, and it will hurt for a long time after watching it...

  • Makenzie 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    This is my favorite of Bresson's works. It was the first time I watched it since high school, and every time I watched it, it was a little more shocking. From the first glance of the little girl with pigtails into the painting, the audience is wrapped in the director's unique dull pain and the pervading despair, unable to break free.

Mouchette quotes

  • [first lines]

    Mouchette's Mother: What will become of them without me? I can feel it in my breast. It's like a stone inside.

  • Arsène: I've said too much or too little. I have to go all the way.