Peter Reavy’s blog

I watched Robert Bresson’s take on the Joan of Arc story. It was such a disappointment that I wondered why I’d liked his other films. Googling it, I see comparisons between his film and Carl Dreyer’s on the same subject. It seems a bit unfair to lump them in together just because they’re old foreign films in black and white, but there you go.

Anyway, Dreyer’s film moved me, Bresson’s film didn’t. I prefer A Man Escaped and L’Argent followed by Balthazar and Mouchette. Those would make you think that Bresson is one of the greatest directors. But Procès de Jeanne d’Arc is a dud to throw in with Lancelot du Lac.