With Project Nim, James Marsh has created a documentary that feels more like a biopic—and one that avoids the genre’s usual pitfalls.
Robert Bresson’s stylized direction at times suggests the ethereal effect of a silent film.
Save for the visible grain and unfortunate fluctuations in contrast, this is a sharp and clean transfer.
What is it about Bresson’s films that inspire such personal reactions and frank admissions from their admirers?
Vera Drake is a common street whore compared to Au Hasard Balthazar.
Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar is the rare spiritual film that lowers the bar for saintliness.
A parable that demonstrates that morals are inadequate, L’Argent is required viewing.
Bresson’s film hits with the effect not so much reflecting a cleansing of the soul, but rather a ransacking.
For Bresson fans, this DVD edition of the film is as good as it gets for now at least.
Not exactly a definitive DVD package, but the film is a must-own.
The film isn’t so much an avowal of religious dogma as it is a deeply humanistic proclamation of the power of faith.
One could say that the film is about nothing more than the clanging of armor or the movements of legs.