Robert Bresson, the director of such cinematic master-pieces as Pickpocket , A Man Escaped Mouchette , and L'Argent , was one of the most influential directors in the history of French film, as well as one of the most stubbornly individual: He insisted on the use of nonprofessional actors; he shunned the -advances- of Cinerama and Cinema-Scope (and the work of most of his predecessors and peers); and he minced no words about the damaging influence of capitalism and the s.
Individual | He insisted on the use of nonprofessional actors |
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