The Bressonians

<p> How should we understand film authorship in an era when the idea of the solitary and sovereign <em>auteur</em> has come under attack with critics proclaiming the death of the author and the end of cinema? <em>The Bressonians</em> provides an answer in the form of a strikingly original study of Bresson and his influence on the work of filmmakers Jean Eustache and Maurice Pialat. Extending the discourse of authorship beyond the idea of a singular visionary it explores how the imperatives of excellence function within cinema's pluralistic community. Bresson's example offered both an artistic legacy and a creative burden within which filmmakers reckoned in different often arduous and altogether compelling ways.</p>