Robert Bresson, filmmaker, 98

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Tuesday December 21 3:31 PM ET 

French filmmaker Robert Bresson dies at 98

PARIS (Reuters) - Eclectic, secretive French filmmaker Robert Bresson has
died at age 98, France's Cultural Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.

The quintessential intellectual, Bresson nonetheless managed to attract a
large audience for his his best-known films, ''Ladies of the Park''
(1945), ``Diary of a Country Priest'' (1951), ``A Man Escaped'' (1956),
``Pickpocket'' (1959) and ''The Trial of Joan of Arc'' (1962).

Bresson was attracted to religious themes, and his films often dealt with
spiritual grace and redemption.

His initial training as an artist was clear in the importance he gave to
light and contrasts with film historian-turned-director Francois Truffaut
once saying Bresson's cinema ``was closer to painting than photography.''

His last film, ``L'Argent'' (Money), was made in 1983 and was less
successful.

On learning of his death, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin paid tribute to
Bresson, whom he described as a ``master of the art of cinema of the 20th
century.''

Reuters/Variety 
 




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