A Man Escaped Excerpt 1: The beginning of the film — Fontaine’s escape attempt (2’03”).
A Man Escaped Excerpt 1: The beginning of the film — Fontaine’s escape attempt (2’03”). |
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| 1. | Why does Bresson emphasize so much Fontaine’s hands and the gearshift in this initial sequence? |
| 2. | Describe the shot in which Fontaine tries to escape. What do we not see? How does Bresson’s technique make us understand that Fontaine’s attempt will fail? |
| 3. | What is the role of the soundtrack here? |
| 4. | How is violence represented (here and in the following scenes)? |
| 5. | Note the quickness of the dissolve at the end of the sequence. Discuss. |