Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye

The read

Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 12m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Heinz BütlerDirector

Cast

• Henri Cartier-BressonSelf
• Robert DelpireSelf
• Elliott ErwittSelf
• Isabelle HuppertSelf
• Josef KoudelkaSelf
• Arthur MillerSelf
• Ferdinando SciannaSelf

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