Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
2003 · 72 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 361 VOTES · DIR. Heinz Bütler
Overview
Heinz Bütler interviews Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) late in life. Cartier-Bresson pulls out photographs, comments briefly, and holds them up to Bütler's camera. A few others share observations, including Isabelle Huppert, Arthur Miller, and Josef Koudelka. Cartier-Bresson talks about his travels, including Mexico in the 1930s, imprisonment during World War II, being with Gandhi moments before his assassination, and returning to sketching late in life. He shows us examples. He talks about becoming and being a photographer, about composition, and about some of his secrets to capture the moment.
Dialogue Timeline — 446 lines
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00:00:08 The joy of geometry - when you realize everything is right.
00:04:50 The motion of the hands and feet.
00:08:21 That is sacred music.
00:11:23 It's the feeling that counts.
00:13:47 tremendous good and tremendous problems, evil.
00:16:49 and an ultramarine cover protected them from the lights.
00:19:35 He shows what amuses him too.
00:22:05 The eye encounters reality at the decisive moment.
00:23:57 She is preoccupied with something.
00:26:37 Basically, you just have to make people forget the camera.
00:28:59 You can't say "Give me that smile again".
00:32:27 If I've had succeed in preserving my eye
00:35:40 The best way to take portrait is to spend a little time with people
00:38:10 Ok, that's it. And then.
00:41:27 Mélanie - our daughter.
00:45:32 In a camp the two have been separated.
00:48:07 He somehow has an innate feeling for politics.
00:50:47 He sensed death, but it isn't sad.
00:55:00 I like this alot.
00:56:46 These images ask the inevitable question... what is our next chapter?
00:59:24 What science!
01:02:45 With all your faculties focused on capturing fleeting reality.
01:05:19 After your feelings were liberated from all influences.
01:08:15 It's the same as taking pictures
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed446
Dialogue density6.2 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line01:08:15
Production Record
DirectorHeinz Bütler
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes361