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Bresson's "A Man Escaped." A man is jailed in Vichy-era France for

Posted by tinear (A) on June 22, 2007 at 15:17:34

subversive acts against the Nazis. Immediately after being jailed and viciously beaten, he determines to attempt to escape against all odds and realizing the danger: it is a capital offense merely to own a pencil in the prison.
This film has not the feel, tone, or purpose of propaganda. It is taut, riveting, absolutely realistic, and uplifting.
It is every bit as good as "Pickpocket" which is high praise, indeed.
The actor, as in "Pickpocket" doesn't "act" but rather "is."
After seeing this film, one realizes the truth in what the brilliant French intellectual Marguerite Duras said about Bresson: His films are like no others, rising to a level of art no others approach because of the purity of visual language.
This is a perfect film, the rival of "Rules of the Game," and I'd say it's superior because of its lack of artifice.

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