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Bresson, Robert (Subject) & Cunneen, Joseph (Author) : Robert Bresson: A Spiritual Style In Film

Continuum Press, New York City, NY, 2003

ISBN 0826414710

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 200 pages. Book-length account on subject. One of the most valuable books on the cinematic art and achievement of Robert Bresson. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 2004 Reissued Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Joseph Cunneen's "Robert Bresson: A Spiritual Style In Film". A film-by-film analysis of Robert Bresson's austerely elegant and beautiful films, which continue, unabated, to enjoy a global cult following. There are quite a few cinephiles and critics who believe that Robert Bresson was the greatest film artist of the 20th century. They especially admire his emotional self-regulation - often more than they do the specific narratives, many of which are Bresson's distilled adaptations of large literary works - as the aesthetic ideal: To forgo the instant gratification that our popular culture offers in favor of a postponed, deeper, and more enduring reward. These admirers include some of the greatest names in cinema: "Is it as tough as Bresson? Is meaning ruthlessly pared down, as direct, as unflinching in its gaze at aspects of life I might feel more comfortable ignoring?" (Martin Scorsese). Bresson himself wrote one of the most influential books on cinema, "Notes On Cinematography" (1977). Starting with the title of his book, Cunneen's book is influenced, as everything else inescapably is that has since been written on Bresson, by Susan Sontag's seminal essay, "Spiritual Style In The Films of Robert Bresson". Cunneen's book joins Bresson's and Sontag's manifesto-essays as an invaluable guide to the art of the one filmmaker who made (Roman Catholic-inspired) asceticism an aesthetic ideal, "depth within narrowly defined limits" (Andrei Tarkovsky). An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Bresson collectors. This title is a contemporary film book classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is a copy of the true First Edition. Should NOT be confused with the 2004 Reissued Edition or the Softcover Edition. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with film stills. One of the greatest film artists of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT BRESSON TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0826414710.

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