"The clearest picture yet of a great renegade director." - Richard Corliss, Time, International Edition

"An excellent collection of interviews with Bresson plus essays and tributes by filmmakers and critics testifying to the revelatory impact of his films." - Amy Taubin, The Village Voice

"Invaluable." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Film Comment

"An impressive anthology." - Molly Haskell, Film Comment

"An important book . . . A very welcome reference work for professors, librarians and all those interested in the oeuvre of Bresson." - Le Figaro

French filmmaker Robert Bresson is among the most revered of all film directors. Awed, inspired and sometimes mystified by the beauty and austere perfectionism of Bresson's style, critics and directors have been moved to passionate debate about his unique ideas on the use of sound, actors, editing, and music. Robert Bresson is the first collection of essays in English on the director in three decades. A thorough examination of his vision and style, it draws together over twenty important articles by leading critics and scholars; three essential interviews; and the commentaries of over thirty directors on Bresson's importance and influence.

James Quandt, Senior Programmer at Cinematheque Ontario, is also editor of Kon Ichikawa and Shohei Imamura.