I've seen this film twice now, it is equally profound and disturbing. Bresson has found a way to anticipate issues to the point of negating certain arguments about them. Like Tarkovsky said, he is afraid of nothing, that includes complete engagement with the futility of life. I'm not sure how he reaches inside so totally while all the while constructing his films so that they are often difficult to access.
Between Diary of a Country Priest, Au Hasard Balthazar, Pickpocket, A Man Escaped and The Devil Probably, it seems like Bresson had a handle on things.
For me, the most unsettling part of this clip are those erratic footsteps. Whether or not they relate to the futility of life, there is something about that clickity-clack that just gets to me...
ReplyDeleteYeah, something very foreboding about that sound.
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