“Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped (showing at Film Forum through Jan. 26) isn’t just a unique prison film, it’s an alien one. Yet the details that go into Fontaine’s planning and preparation are the meat of the film. They may be transfigured by the gossamer light of the human spirit, but this is very much a movie about making hooks and fashioning sturdy rope. It’s a testament to Bresson’s genius that A Man Escaped could so resemble a home improvement project at times, and yet come across as neither tedious nor technical.” - Bethlehem Shoals for Capital New York. Read more.
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