I love Four Nights...absolutely,so sweet,romantic and dreamy...
Yeah, never did I think this could ever form part of a description for a Bresson film but here it is. I definitely sense a dark underlining to the "sweet" parts of the film but it is true that this is probably Bresson's most accessible and "lightest" work (by Bresson's standards, it must be said). And it's pretty good, too. The romanticized storytelling, the musical interludes, the quieter moments about the artist's musings and his art... and it all worked with Bresson's austere choices. By sucking the melodrama out of the romantic relationships, it certainly did feel as though Bresson was going for something more pure and ever-lasting than the initial thrills and chills of a new relationship (only to, of course, show how completely how illogical and irrational such pure "love" actually is).
Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.
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