Neither God nor Master - Robert Bresson and Radical Politics (Paperback)

The French auteur Robert Bresson, director of such classics as "Diary of a Country Priest" (1951), "The Trial of Joan of Arc" (1962), "The Devil, Probably" (1977), and "L'Argent" (1983), has long been thought of as a transcendental filmmaker preoccupied with questions of grace and predestination and little interested in the problems of the social world. This book is the first to view Bresson's work in an altogether different context. Rather than a religious--or spiritual--filmmaker, Bresson is revealed as an artist steeped in radical, revolutionary politics.
Situating Bresson in radical and aesthetic political contexts, from surrealism to situationism, "Neither God nor Master" shows how his early style was a model for social resistance. We then see how, after May 1968, his films were in fact a series of reflections on the failure of revolution in France--especially as "failure" is understood in relation to Bresson's chosen literary precursors, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, and Russian revolutionary culture of the nineteenth century.
Restoring Bresson to the radical political culture from which he emerged--and to which he remained faithful--Price offers a major revision of the reputation of one of the most celebrated figures in the history of French film. In doing so, he raises larger philosophical questions about the efficacy of revolutionary practices and questions about interpretation and metaphysical tendencies of film historical research that have, until now, gone largely untested.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	March 2011
Authors:	Brian Price
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-8166-5462-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Individual film directors, film-makers Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > Electronic & video art Promotions
LSN:	0-8166-5462-X
Barcode:	9780816654628

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