Pickpocket

Pickpocket

DVD - 2014

Michel is a young pickpocket who spends his days working the streets, subway cars, and train stations of Paris. As his compulsive pursuit of the thrill of stealing grows, however, so does his fear that his luck is about to run out.

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Subjects
Pickpockets > France > Paris > Drama.
Paris (France) > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection c2014.
Language
French
Corporate Author
Compagnie commerciale française cinématographique
Corporate Author
Compagnie commerciale française cinématographique (production company)
Other Authors
Robert Bresson (film director), Agnes Delahaie (film producer), Martin La Salle (actor), Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, 1920-
Edition
DVD special edition ; full screen
Item Description
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Special features: new 2K digital restoration; audio commentary featuring film scholar James Quandt; introduction by writer-director Paul Schrader; the models of "Pickpocket", a 2003 documentary by Babette Mangolte that features interviews with actors from the film; interview with director Robert Bresson, from a 1960 episode of the French television program Cinépanorama; Q&A on Pickpocket from 2000, featuring actor Marika Green and filmmakers Paul Vecchiali and Jean-Pierre Améris; footage of sleight-of-hand artist and Pickpocket consultant Kassagi, from a 1962 episode of the French television show La piste aux étoiles; trailer.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Production Credits
Cinematography, Léonce-Henri Bukrel ; editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean-Babtiste Lully.
ISBN
9781604658576
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Masterfully minimalist director Robert Bresson (Diary of a Country Priest; L'Argent) tracks the downward spiral of a commonplace Parisian man into a life of thievery-before his ultimate redemption. Bresson's low-key drama, with its painstakingly methodical look at the tricks of the pickpocket trade, is told in his typically austere, dramatically uninflected style. Benefiting from a fresh digital restoration, this deliberately paced yet brief classic is a bit of an acquired taste but worth the effort, particularly for dedicated film buffs. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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