Robert Bresson: Cinematic Style as Philosophy
by Robert B. Pippin
University of Chicago Press, 2026
Cloth: 978-0-226-84502-9 | Paper: 978-0-226-84504-3 | eISBN: 978-0-226-84503-6 (all)
Library of Congress Classification PN1998.3.B755P574 2026
ABOUT THIS BOOK
A philosophical engagement with Bresson’s many films, attentive to more than their religiosity.
Over a forty-year career, Robert Bresson developed one of the most distinctive cinematic styles in the history of filmmaking. Criticizing conventional movies as “filmed theater,” Bresson proposed instead a way of writing with images, which he called “cinematographs.” Robert B. Pippin argues here for a way of understanding how these stylistic innovations express a range of philosophical commitments, explorations of the possible sources of meaning in late modern life, and the implications of the absence of such sources.
Over a forty-year career, Robert Bresson developed one of the most distinctive cinematic styles in the history of filmmaking. Criticizing conventional movies as “filmed theater,” Bresson proposed instead a way of writing with images, which he called “cinematographs.” Robert B. Pippin argues here for a way of understanding how these stylistic innovations express a range of philosophical commitments, explorations of the possible sources of meaning in late modern life, and the implications of the absence of such sources.
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