Images - Two by Robert Bresson: A Man Escaped and Lancelot of the Lake

<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="4"><br><i>A Man Escaped</i> and <i>Lancelot of the Lake</i></font> <font size="2"> <br>DVD review by Gary Morris</font> <font size=3 face="Book Antiqua,Century Schoolbook,Times New Roman"> <p><b>R</b></font>obert Bresson (1901-1999) is at once one of the most and least accessible of auteurs. Far from prolific, Bresson directed a mere 13 features over a four-decade period from 1943 to 1982, making him an ideal candidate for in-depth study. But this pleasing scope is deceptive: some of the films--<i>The Trial of Joan of Arc, Four Nights of a Dream</i>--have been almost impossible to see, rarely revived and unreleased on DVD, though that situation is being remedied now by a few companies dedicated to making all of his work available. Two recent DVDs from New Yorker, <i>A Man Escaped </i>and <i>Lancelot of the Lake </i>show Bresson at the peak of his form in different decades and in very different films. </body>