An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail.
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Nicole Ladmiral
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Georges Franju – Le sang des bêtes AKA Blood of the Beasts (1949)
1941-1950Amos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtDocumentaryFranceGeorges FranjuShort Film -
Robert Bresson – Journal d’un curé de campagne aka Diary of a Country Priest [+ commentary] (1951)
1951-1960ArthouseClassicsFranceRobert BressonQuote:
A new priest (Claude Laydu) arrives in the French country village of Ambricourt to attend to his first parish. The apathetic and hostile rural congregation rejects him immediately. Through his diary entries, the suffering young man relays a crisis of faith that threatens to drive him away from the village and from God. With his fourth film, Robert Bresson began to implement his stylistic philosophy as a filmmaker, stripping away all inessential elements from his compositions, the dialogue and the music, exacting a purity of image and sound.Read More » -
Robert Bresson – Journal d’un curé de campagne aka Diary of a Country Priest [+commentary] (1951)
1951-1960DramaFranceRobert BressonQuote:
A new priest (Claude Laydu) arrives in the French country village of Ambricourt to attend to his first parish. The apathetic and hostile rural congregation rejects him immediately. Through his diary entries, the suffering young man relays a crisis of faith that threatens to drive him away from the village and from God. With his fourth film, Robert Bresson began to implement his stylistic philosophy as a filmmaker, stripping away all inessential elements from his compositions, the dialogue and the music, exacting a purity of image and sound.Read More »