With this sentence Bresson seems to remind that despite its artistic side, filmmaking is also a matter of practical thinking.Īn old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. It forms for itself knots (of force, of security) to which all the rest clings.ĭon’t think of your film apart from the resources you have made for yourself. The quotes often exemplify the particular fragmented writing style of Bresson, which sometimes omits verbs and complete sentences. They follow in no particular order and are not necessarily connected to each other, just like in Bresson’s book. This post will focus on practical filmmaking quotes (not to be confused with cooking, “the only alternative to filmmaking” according to Werner Herzog). (You must be capable, at any instant, of seeing and hearing it entire.)” Part three focused strictly on film music and sound, one of the central themes for both Bresson’s film theory and cinema. Part two compiled eclectic quotes, including the memorable “Your film must resemble what you see on shutting your eyes. The first part of ’s coverage of Robert Bresson’s seminal book on cinema and film theory “Notes on Cinematography” examined some of the filmmaker’s thoughts on the difference between cinema and theater.
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