Au Hasard Info ...
REVIEWS
1. Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 2004: “Robert Bresson is one of the saints of the cinema,
and ‘Au Hasard Balthazar’ is his most heartbreaking prayer.”
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-au-hasard-balthazar-1966
2. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club, 2016: “If one were looking for a perfectly realized film, Au
Hasard Balthazar would be as likely a candidate as any.”
https://www.avclub.com/50-years-later-au-hasard-balthazar-remains-an-unconven-
1798189610
3. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 2007: “[The film] is lightened by the speed and precision of
Bresson’s art; he could derive more from one pair of hands than most directors can from two
hours of blood and guts.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/07/30/animal-kingdom-2?_sp=81ea78f1-
64b5-4eb3-814b-b699d5bb4120.1779046552018
4. James Quandt, The Criterion Collection, 2005: “Godard’s famous claim that Au hasard
Balthazar is ‘the world in an hour and a half’ suggests how dense, how immense Bresson’s
brief, elliptical tale about the life and death of a donkey is.”
TRAILERS AND VIDEO REVIEWS
1. The Criterion Collection: https://youtu.be/fL7BVBnSErU?si=BbcnZb-N_aBUY1vm
2. Donald Richie for Criterion: https://youtu.be/UIB5JgzS33o?si=NbmQLF8qu9m0kShe
1. Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 2004: “Robert Bresson is one of the saints of the cinema,
and ‘Au Hasard Balthazar’ is his most heartbreaking prayer.”
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-au-hasard-balthazar-1966
2. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club, 2016: “If one were looking for a perfectly realized film, Au
Hasard Balthazar would be as likely a candidate as any.”
https://www.avclub.com/50-years-later-au-hasard-balthazar-remains-an-unconven-
1798189610
3. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 2007: “[The film] is lightened by the speed and precision of
Bresson’s art; he could derive more from one pair of hands than most directors can from two
hours of blood and guts.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/07/30/animal-kingdom-2?_sp=81ea78f1-
64b5-4eb3-814b-b699d5bb4120.1779046552018
4. James Quandt, The Criterion Collection, 2005: “Godard’s famous claim that Au hasard
Balthazar is ‘the world in an hour and a half’ suggests how dense, how immense Bresson’s
brief, elliptical tale about the life and death of a donkey is.”
TRAILERS AND VIDEO REVIEWS
1. The Criterion Collection: https://youtu.be/fL7BVBnSErU?si=BbcnZb-N_aBUY1vm
2. Donald Richie for Criterion: https://youtu.be/UIB5JgzS33o?si=NbmQLF8qu9m0kShe