Notes on the Cinematograph (softcover edition)

Notes on the Cinematograph distills the essence of Robert Bresson's theory and pratice as a filmmaker and artist. He discusses the fundamental differences between theatre and film; parses the deep grammar of silence, music, and noise; and affirms the mysterious power of the image to unlock the human soul. This book, indispensible for admirers of this great director and for students of the cinema, will also prove an inspiration, much like Rilke's Letter to a Young Poet, for anyone who responds to the claims of the imagination at its most searching and rigorous.