Neither God nor Master: Robert Bresson and Radical Politics
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Neither God nor Master: Robert Bresson and Radical Politics
By (Author) Brian Price
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st May 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Individual film directors, film-makers
791.430233092
Physical Properties
Paperback
264
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 15mm
Description
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 religiousor spiritualfilmmaker, Bresson is revealed as an artist steeped in radical, revolutionary politics.
Reviews
"Neither God nor Master, which resituates Robert Bressons films in their complex relationships with literary, cinematic, and mass culture, addresses a major gap in film criticism. This exemplary book will reshape future debates about Bresson, and his place, not only in the French cinematic canon, but in French culture." Scott Durham, Northwestern University
Author Bio
Brian Price is associate professor of film and visual studies at the University of Toronto. He is coeditor of two volumes, On Michael Haneke and Color: The Film Reader, and a founding editor of World Picture, an online journal of critical theory.
