“To communicate impressions, sensations.”
Short film: Life (1993) dir. Artavazd Peleshian
(Uploaded by mabsurda, Still: The Life Cinematic, Quote: Notes on the Cinematographer)
“To TRANSLATE the invisible wind by the water it sculpts in passing.”
Still from The Tree of Life (2011) dir. Terrence Malick dp. Emmanuel Lubezki
(Image Source: The Film Stage, Quote Source: Notes on the Cinematographer)
"We cannot command our hair to stand on end; nor our skin to startle for desire or fear. Our hands are often carried where we direct them not."
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Michel de Montaigne, quoted by Robert Bresson
Still from Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), dir. Robert Bresson
Earlier in the text:
“‘Every movement reveals us.’ (Montaigne). But it only reveals us if it is automatic (not commanded, not willed).”
(Quote Source: Essays, 1 Chapter 20, John Florio’s translation; via Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson; Image: Mirror Film)
