Too difficult~~

Deja 2022-01-12 08:01:26

Watching Bresson’s movies often have to think about two questions, what kind of emotion is expressed and how he does it.
There is a lot of analysis on how to do it. The lens, sound, picture... In fact, what is most lacking is how he refined it? This is again mixed with the first question.
After reading it, I was deeply moved by the ending sentence... But is that all Bresson wants to pass on? I'm not sure. Movies cannot be simply explained as the fate, philosophical attitude, love, redemption, belief, religion of the bottom people... Language now reveals poverty. Bresson must have been moved by a complex mixture of intertwined emotions to create this movie. And his greatness lies in his ability to extract visible forms to deliver.
This process exists in his mind...I believe this process cannot be described.
The external form can be imitated, and the magical reaction in the middle is to think and try. Some people must be born with this talent, and Bresson must be.

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Extended Reading
  • Rocio 2022-03-24 09:03:01

    A very restrained film, with no extra dialogue, no extra characters, or even extra expressions, but it expresses everything so precisely. Bresson's movie style is very unique. Although I don't like it very much, I have to admit that the master's extraordinary confidence and persistence are so moving.

  • Zelda 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    In the introduction of the CC version, Paul Shrader said that the use of the music in this film is abnormal; the climax of the narrative is deliberately eliminated, the information is written in the diary, and the narration is repeated with the real scene many times; the characters are left behind for a long time before and after the action. Of course, all this makes the final scene extremely moving. Bresson said that he is not suppressing performance, but intending to perform unconscious actions that occupy most of his life.

Pickpocket quotes

  • Jacques: Could one turn a blind eye to certain kinds of theft?

  • Michel: Can we not admit that certain skilled men, gifted with intelligence, talent or even genius, and thus indispensable to society, rather than stagnate, should be free to disobey laws in certain cases?

    L'inspecteur principal: That could be difficult. And dangerous.

    Michel: Society could only gain from it.

    L'inspecteur principal: Who will identify these supermen?

    Michel: They themselves. Their conscience.

    L'inspecteur principal: You know any man who doesn't think he's exceptional?