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The Dreamer, after Bresson
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29 The Dreamer, after Bresson He was a painter who lived alone. He would lie down on his cot, talk into his tape recorder. He would get up, go to his painting, dip his brush into a can, replay his words, pure and innocent and try to paint a pure innocent line. Now that he has met her he keeps his tape recorder under his coat. He listens to it on the bus. Over and over it says her name. Marthe. Marthe. People stare. To think his heart is speaking. ...