Detail View: Stan Brakhage Collection: Stan Brakhage on Robert Bresson

Identifier: 
narv_L50-12Lecture5-10-76AuHazardBalthazerRobertBresson.mp3
Title: 
Stan Brakhage on Robert Bresson
Description: 
Stan Brakhage answers questions about his own films. Brakhage explains why Robert Bresson never hired professional actors for his films. He describes Bresson's use of narration and compares it to the benshi of Japanese film. Brakhage refutes the idea that art is made either consciously or naïvely. He describes Bresson's use of cutting and music. Brakhage analyzes two of Bresson's films, 'Pickpocket' and 'Au Hasard Balthazar.' He recalls owning donkeys and explains the etymology of the word, "donkey." Brakhage reads some quotes from Bresson. He compares 'Au Hasard Balthazar' to 'The Yearling' and explains why only the former qualifies as art.
Description Type: 
Abstract
Description: 
00:00 Questions from the audience begin 04:34 Questions from the audience end 04:35 Brakhage begins 1:31:02 End
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SegmentSequence
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Course title: History of Film: "I as Eye" (Film and First Person Singular) - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Venue
Subject: 
Art--Philosophy
Subject Type: 
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/815307
Subject: 
Motion picture actors and actresses
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088027
Subject: 
Narration for silent films - Japan
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local
Subject: 
Motion picture authorship
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088030
Subject: 
Motion picture music
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088056
Subject: 
Brakhage, Stan
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
Subject: 
Bresson, Robert
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50044288
Subject: 
Pickpocket (Motion picture)
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006034838
Subject: 
Au Hasard Balthazar (Motion picture)
Subject Type: 
local
Subject: 
Donkeys in art
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97000083
Subject: 
Yearling (Motion picture)
Subject Type: 
local
Source: 
narv_L50-12Lecture5-10-76AuHazardBalthazerRobertBresson
Creator: 
Brakhage, Stan
Creator Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
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Date: 
1976-05-10
Format Medium: 
audio/mp3
Language: 
English
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/dt0m0527g4qh