Have you seen Bresson’s 1959 masterpiece? Share your interpretation of the final kiss in the comments below.
: The film is stripped of ornamentation. Bresson utilizes restricted interiors and close-ups of hands and feet rather than wide establishing shots, forcing the viewer to focus on the "instructional" nature of the physical acts. A Choreography of Theft pickpocket -1959-
Michel is loosely based on Raskolnikov from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment . Like Raskolnikov, Michel believes in the "superman" theory—that great men are above the law. But Bresson, a deeply Catholic (though heterodox) filmmaker, inverts the novel. Michel does not confess to the police out of guilt. He is caught because he is sloppy. Waiting in his cell, he realizes that theories mean nothing. Jeanne—the woman he neglected—visits him. Her love is not a reward; it is "grace." Have you seen Bresson’s 1959 masterpiece