On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Jordan Adam Stein wrote:
 
>         From Jordan Stein:
>         For a course in French cinema I would recommend looking at films by
> Robert Bresson.  Even though he is regarded as an auter, it would be
> interestin to looka at why he never became associated with an imoportant
> movement, such as the New Wave, and why he is not always associated with
> the canon of French cinema.  I wwould  like to talk more about Bresson if
> anyone, if anyone wants to respond.
 
Actually Bresson is one of the most cannonized of French directors. Not
only does B find his way into almost every text book on the history of
French Cinema but also into most textbooks on the history of cinema as
such.
 
He's not considered part of the New Wave because most of his films were
made before 1959, the generally accepted year for the "beginning" of the
New Wave.
lgs