Bergman tackled such serious issues as means for entertainment such as Seven Seals yet admitted to himself that his films were depressing
He would often right the general ideas and actions of a scene and then allowed the actors to improvise the dialogue because he felt that the scenes turned out better that way
He found writing the screenplays tedious but spent months thinking about the idea for a film
Fellini
He worked in the neorealism movement that dealt with difficult conditions yet was known for his portrayals of dreams and fantasies
He worked to show truth in his movies such as in 8 ½ through the struggles of life
He started off as a cartoonist and that adds to his use of dreams and fantasies in film
Bresson
He liked the actor’s performances to look raw and realistic, he didn’t want any hints of a performance
Cinematography was Bresson’s idea of communication, it was another language for him
In A Man Escaped he played with concepts such as salvation in a limiting and mostly materialistic world. He did this in several movies and some think it is due to his Catholic upbringing
Foreign Director Notes
Bergman
Fellini
Bresson