SILENT/SOUND MOVIE (266)

Dreyer La Passion de Jeanne DArc (1928)

o Dialogue titles as crucial positions within narrative
Sound film - new dimension of narration which is not
interfered with the visual dynamics

DREYER (373-374)
Simplicity and austerity
Admiration of Griffith
La Passion de Jeanne dArc (1928) for the Societe Generale
des Films in Paris between 1927 1928
Trial, torture and execution of st. Jean
Renee Falconetti
Extreme close ups against stark white backgrounds
Psychological realism
Rudolf Mate low-contrast panchromatic stock, and actor and
actresses were forbidden to wear make up
Wanted sound film but lack of equipment
Radical formal experiment
Dreyers subject is deep human emotion, frequently suffering,
and his ability to evoke spiritual intensity through
concentration and was perhaps his greatest gift as a film artist
Extraordinarily complex camera movement and luminous
photography, expressive dcor, ant traditional editing, and a
totally radical construction of narrative space
ROBERT BRESSON (520-521)
Highly personalized style
Psychological realism is predicated upon absolute austerity of
acting, dialogue, and mise-en-scene
All of Bressons films are painstakingly crafted attempts to
bring to life spiritual dilemmas of the race through the moral
struggles of individuals, which makes Bresson a kind of
contemporary Carl- Theodor Dreyer
Bazin hes fusing the values of the silent cinema with those
of sound