Robert Bresson interview: Au Hasard Balthazar

Robert Bresson talks about Au Hasard Balthasar and cinema in general.Excerpt from a 1966 French television broadcast

[@cinemapure.e]

Honestly floored by how on-point he is about cinema. I was expecting him to speak in more abstract terms that would be difficult to follow if you weren't some diehard cinephile, but he's just so insightful and thoughtful in the most comprehensible way possible. Also, there's something eerily prophetic about the way he talks about how then-contemporary media was causing both the decline and rebirth of the arts, seeing as that's pretty much what's happening today with the internet.

[@LenHummelChannel]

his genius is in being very very honest as both an existentialist and mystic who insists there must be more to Life than folly and foolery. the truly reflective thinker need not be the victim of human tragedy and vice and eg0. ... he is struggling to express how to capture the interior meanings of Life and the human condition. - no small task indeed.

[@lenhummel5614]

a true work of genius always tries to dissect and explore the deeper meaning of Life and its many contradictions and tragedies. FAITH says, "Ultimately, it is all A TEST." seemingly random. BUT A TEST nevertheless.

[@jovanndzaky653]

A filmmaker who lived in the era regarded nowadays as the golden age of movies saying art was dying that time. Jeez.

[@chretienli6405]

He's so far ahead of the interviewer, the interviewer barely understands what he's really saying

[@willzavala6379]

Maybe, but he's an excellent interviewer, creating space for his subject to express his profound ideas in the simplest possible terms. No attempt to match Bresson or impress with intellectual prowess. Sort of like a Bresson film, actually.

[@Sinnerswing]

One of the fifty greatest films made.

[@tamekasbelaberg0356]

@paul w five greatest...

[@wanlitan7406]

@@tamekasbelaberg0356 Probably.

[@HP_____]

Easily top 10!

[@Kieslowski1989]

For me, It's a top 20 for sure. And yes, it's the most dark and depressing tale I've even seen in cinema.

[@sergio39046]

"Au hasard Balthazar", un chef-d'oeuvre du cinéma mondial.

[@shao6000]

la plus belle fin du cinéma

[@willieluncheonette]

this film is incredibly good--a stone cold masterpiece, as is Pickpocket.

[@flipindisticalproductions4736]

and Diary of a Country Priest, and a Man Escaped

[@Kieslowski1989]

Haven't seen diary of a country priest. But the other 3 are most probably carved in gold as the pinnacle of French filmmaking along with Truffaut's Antoine Doniel trilogy, Godard's almost every movie, Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai, Army of Shadows and Red Circle. The very best that French cinema has to offer along with 1995 masterpiece La Haine.

[@vito_nacci]

His movies are transcendental and mystic. It's no chance that when he talks about cinema he is a prophet. His ideas are an epiphany for me. Discussimg about cinema theories he reaches the level of genius minds like Fellini and Tarkovskij

[@antoinepetrov]

Could you imagine such an interview being conducted today. It would be impossible to find both an intellectual enough interviewer and a master filmmaker like Bresson.

[@francescaderimini4422]

Today things are so bad people just coverup all their emotions!

[@upliftmofoify]

Not true

[@mrstanleyktop1014]

moreover, this film made me think a lot about how donkeys or equines were treated at the time in my country because when I go to the equestrian center of saint gervais drôme in the south of France have really more spiritual and also to put in the place it is a big positive point on the evolution compared to the human ratio \ animals and also point very interesting of this film it is the man who whips the poor donkey of course the ass obeyed him but once the finished is work and the man gives him to drink to reward him the ass refuses and turns his back why? because he feels the lack of empathy and love that this man has towards his misguidements I have finished my analysis and for all those who love animals watching this film it is at once beautiful, interesting, sad and especially important in Cinéma Français

[@TJDukeman]

Great find! It's always nice to get insight into a director's process from the director himself.

[@69cuervos]

Ahhh M'sieur Bresson si vous étiez vivant, qu'adviendrait aujourd'hui le cinématographe , comme vous dites maestro...!

[@PortlandsTransport]

Incredible genius

[@aliseyran5787]

Bresson. Bravo Bravo Bravo

[@sihismundo7811]

This great movie is in the same time a huge love for the animals and it is in the same time a total opposition to the actual ideology of animal rights.

[@spacepointtopoint]

Un belle entretien Merci pour le post.

[@bklynjimmy]

genius interviewed by genius

[@ytrezazerty1]

Bresson à toujours fait de très bonnes entrevues.

[@mauriciofernandes517]

Genius

[@Cednj]

Magnifique !

[@arthurmiller9103]

Insightful and articulate. Robert Bresson has a rhythm extraordinaire.

[@Jaze-dilla]

8:35 très important.

[@kashankhan7060]

8:35

[@dioalfonso]

Dude saw the movie, felt in love with the main actress and married her a year later.

[@willzavala6379]

I fell in love with her too. Damn Godard.