Author Dr. Matthew Cipa

Dr. Matthew Cipa

Dr Matthew Cipa is an academic in the School of Communication at the Queensland University of Technology and affiliate academic in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland. He is the author of Is Harpo Free? And Other Questions of the Metaphysical Screen (SUNY Press, 2024).

A Tale of Two Donkeys: Transcendent Creatures and Transcendental Style in Au Hasard Balthazar and EO

Dr. Matthew Cipa

May 2024

Film and the Nonhuman

Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) and Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO (2022) both tell emotionally compelling, immersive stories that prominently feature donkeys. Bresson’s film follows Balthazar as he pas...