Invention of Robert Bresson: The Auteur and His Market

by Colin Burnett

Book Overview

Challenging the prevailing notion among cinephiles that the auteur is an isolated genius interested primarily in individualism, Colin Burnett positions Robert Bresson as one whose life's work confronts the cultural forces that helped shape it. Regarded as one of film history's most elusive figures, Bresson (1901-1999) carried himself as an auteur long before cultural magazines, like the famed Cahiers du cin ma, advanced the term to describe such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253024862
• ISBN13: 9780253024862
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher