Movie
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
2003 · 72 min
A quiet, unhurried visit with a great artist as he leafs through his own life, reflective and gently illuminating.
- Directed by
- Heinz Bütler
- Genres
- Documentary
- 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.
- How it feels
- Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Art, memory, aging, identity
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Heinz Bütler
- Genres
- Documentary
