Notes Sur le Cinematographe - Accompanied by a Copy of the Book in English Entitled - Notes On the Cinematographer - Additionally, with a Copy of Bresson by Jean Semolue
signed first edition
1975 / 1986 / 1959 · Paris / London
by BRESSON, ROBERT
Paris / London: Gallimard / Quartet / Classiques du Cinema, 1975 / 1986 / 1959. First Edition, First Printing of the 1975 Original French Edition of Notes Sur le Cinematographe. Text in French. The French edition is a signed presentation copy from film director Robert Bresson to Jean Semolue, the French film critic and author who wrote a book on Bresson. Inscribed by Bresson in French and translated reads: ”To Jean Semolue who knows my cogs and workings well, and will find them in here. With all my heart, Robert Bresson.” The book is also a review copy and is so marked. Both books are paperbound and in near fine condition. “Notes On the Cinematographer are working memos made by the great director for his own use. In them he reflects on the techniques of film and its psychological and aesthetic impact.” The second book is a paperbound current English translation published by the New York Review Books with an introduction by Nobel Prize winner J.M.G Le Clezio. The third book is a paperbound 1959 first edition in French of Jean Semolue’s illustrated book on Bresson (Inventory #: 16282J)