Bresson's Distinction: A Critical Portrait

In summer 1965, Robert Bresson was filming his masterpiece 'Au hasard Balthazar'. The article contrasts Bresson's view of actors with Hitchcock's, noting that for Bresson, actors were donkeys, lacking Christ-like goodness and intelligence. However, Anne Wiazemsky was an exception, as Bresson adored her and his models released into the film's events. In her book 'Jeune Fille', Wiazemsky describes Bresson as temperamental, capricious, childish, jealous, and unhealthy, evoking a sort of David Hamilton of Port-Royal.