There is, in cinema, a prejudice against simplicity. Every time we go against this prejudice, the effect is stunning.
There is, in cinema, a prejudice against simplicity. Every time we go against this prejudice, the effect is stunning.
“It seems to me that to be pure a film must, above all, refuse to mingle what is false with what is true. With this single condition, the cinema is a powerful machine. It can crush. I believe it is uniquely suited to painting the nuances of the heart and the soul, but that’s another question which will lead us too far astray.”
Robert Bresson