Bressonianadj.
/brɛˈsəʊnɪən/, U.S. /brɛˈsoʊnjən/, /brɛˈsoʊniən/ Film.
Relating to, characteristic of, or reminiscent of Robert Bresson, his films, or his ascetic cinematographic style.
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Keatonesque1921
Eisensteinian1930
Hitchcockian1930
Wellesian1938
Capraesque1939
Fordian1940
Bergmanesque1959
Bressonian1959
Tatiesque1959
Buñuelian1962
Godardian1962
Hawksian1962
Sirkian1963
Felliniesque1965
Langian1966
Kubrickian1968
Warholian1972
Altmanesque1974
Scorsesean1977
Herzogian1979
Tarkovskian1980
Spielbergian1982
Lynchian1984
Tarantinoesque1994
1959 Film Q. Winter 20/2 The scenes showing the hero trapped in an elevator-cage were almost Bressonian in their intense treatment of minute gesture.
1976 Times 5 June 9/4 The Bressonian mannerism merely serves to heighten the arid monotony.
1995 Etc Montréal No. 30. 22/1 With admirable Bressonian detachment..[the director] employs his poker faced postman like a ferret, to dig below the veneer of public propriety.
2013 New Yorker 4 Feb. 78/3 The theatrical performance of ‘Julius Caesar,’ in velvety color, makes way for Bressonian black-and-white in the rehearsal rooms.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1959