The Invention of Robert Bresson: The Auteur and His Market

Those who are inspired by and study the works and lives of great artists fully know that the latter, however “revolutionary,” are nurtured by and in turn nurture their world(s). Colin Burnett’s text unearths previously unknown or little known details of Robert Bresson’s means of doing so—that is its power. But the greatest artists, like Bresson, also transcend their world(s). This makes the author uncomfortable.