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A Man Escaped, also known as A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth, is a 1956 French prison film directed by Robert Bresson. The film is loosely based on the memoir of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was imprisoned by the occupying German forces at Montluc prison during World War II. Although the protagonist's name is altered in the film, it is inspired by Devigny's real-life escape.
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A Man Escaped (1956) Dir — Robert Bresson Source Throughout film history, master filmmakers threw unkind words at each other, but there is no novelty there. Artists from all form of arts lashed out at their fellow contemporaries, and sometimes even at the dead ones from long before! But I've never met with any commentary by any filmmaker that belittles Robert Bresson, he's apparently one of the few film artists to e…More
This is the perfect opportunity to mention the two concepts of plot and story. They are often mixed together as if they were synonyms, but they are separate concepts of the structure. Basically plot refers to what happens physically, while story refers to the emotional journey of the character. This is all plot and no story. And thats quite unique i believe and for 1956, a bold decision by the director, and probably…More