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Just as Freud couldn’t always be blamed for the Freudians, Bresson didn’t always feel obliged to behave like a Bressonian.
Jonathan Rosenbaum / Film Critic
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Just as Freud couldn’t always be blamed for the Freudians, Bresson didn’t always feel obliged to behave like a Bressonian.
⇛ Jonathan Rosenbaum (Film Critic)

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