The Bressonians : French Cinema and the Culture of Authorship

hould we understand film authorship in an era when the idea of the solitary and sovereign auteur; has come under attack, with critics proclaiming the death of the author and the end of cinema? The Bressonians; provides an answer in the form of a strikingly original study of Bresson and his influence on the work of filmmakers Jean Eustache and Maurice Pialat. Extending the discourse of authorship beyond the idea of a singular visionary, it explores how the imperatives of excellence function within cinema's pluralistic community. Bresson's example offered both an artistic legacy and a creative burden within which filmmakers reckoned in different, often arduous, and altogether compelling ways. [Publisher's text].

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