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Quote by Robert Bresson
Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear

Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are. – Robert Bresson

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My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water. – Robert Bresson

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