{"product_id":"neither-god-nor-master-robert-bresson-and-radical-politics-paperback","title":"Neither God nor Master: Robert Bresson and Radical Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe French auteur Robert Bresson, director of such classics as \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Country Priest\u003c\/i\u003e (1951), \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Joan of Arc\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), \u003ci\u003eThe Devil, Probably\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), and \u003ci\u003eL'Argent\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), has long been thought of as a transcendental filmmaker preoccupied with questions of grace and predestination and little interested in the problems of the social world. This book is the first to view Bresson's work in an altogether different context. Rather than a religious-or spiritual-filmmaker, Bresson is revealed as an artist steeped in radical, revolutionary politics. \u003cbr\u003e Situating Bresson in radical and aesthetic political contexts, from surrealism to situationism, \u003ci\u003eNeither God nor Master\u003c\/i\u003e shows how his early style was a model for social resistance. We then see how, after May 1968, his films were in fact a series of reflections on the failure of revolution in France-especially as \"failure\" is understood in relation to Bresson's chosen literary precursors, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, and Russian revolutionary culture of the nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003e Restoring Bresson to the radical political culture from which he emerged-and to which he remained faithful-Price offers a major revision of the reputation of one of the most celebrated figures in the history of French film. In doing so, he raises larger philosophical questions about the efficacy of revolutionary practices and questions about interpretation and metaphysical tendencies of film historical research that have, until now, gone largely untested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Price is associate professor of film and visual studies at the University of Toronto. He is coeditor of two volumes, \u003ci\u003eOn Michael Haneke\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eColor: The Film Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, and a founding editor of \u003ci\u003eWorld Picture\u003c\/i\u003e, an online journal of critical theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52426063806771,"sku":"9780816654628","price":52.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/L1B2ZlpVMHZoRzhkYlBqWWRqRFNxQT09.webp?v=1758631820","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/neither-god-nor-master-robert-bresson-and-radical-politics-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}