Review of Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) by John A — 01 Aug 2012
This is the height of Bresson's style: deceptively economic, highlighting sound, inviting viewers to engage the mysteries of plot, and relying on absence as a means to understanding. This last element is seen most profoundly in the character of Balthazar who communicates as a character only as he is acted upon.
Even most of those acts take place off camera. Bresson shows life as absence and ambiguity rather than presence and clarity, and yet, like Dostoevsky's Myshkin, our despair fades at the braying of an ass.
This review of Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) was written by John A on 01 Aug 2012.
Au Hasard Balthazar has generally received very positive reviews.
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