Made when the director was almost 80, Robert Bresson's L'Argent (1983) is a study of murder and motive adapted from Tolstoy. The author compares L'Argent to Bresson's other work and places the film at the crossroads of recent cinema trends - those of the vigilante and serial killer films.
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Made when the director was almost 80, Robert Bresson's L'Argent (1983) is a study of murder and motive adapted from Tolstoy. The author compares L'Argent to Bresson's other work and places the film at the crossroads of recent cinema trends - those of the vigilante and serial killer films.
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Add this copy of L'Argent to cart. $14.99, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by British Film Institute.
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No Jacket. London. 1999. British Film Institute. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0851707335. BFI Modern Classics. 96 pages. paperback. keywords: Film. DESCRIPTION-The career of Robert Bresson (b. 1907) is, by common acclamation, one of the richest in the history of cinema, but also one of the most enigmatic. For some commentators, Bresson is a severe moralist who's almost medieval in his concern for the darker aspects of Catholic theology. For others he's best seen as a stylist whose work has consistently anticipated cinematic trends. Just as Bresson's 1959 Pickpocket was remodelled by Paul Schrader as American Gigolo (1980), so L'Argent (1983) is a study of spontaneous murder and a meditation on evil that has a striking kinship with contemporary vigilante and serial killer films. Kent Jones disputes some of the received wisdom about Bresson's work as it's epitomised by L'Argent: the work can't simply be reduced to its austere, pessimistic or religious elements. By exploring the many dimensions of L'Argent Jones finds other elements: beauty, compassion, an overriding concern with the meaningful depiction of experience. L'Argent is the culminating work of one of the select group of directors able ‘to push the cinema, through the force of their own genius, onto a new plain'. inventory #34826.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 250grams, ISBN: 9780851707334.
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