PICKPOCKET
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- PICKPOCKET
- 1959, Robert Bresson, France, 75 min.
- With Martin LaSalle, Marika Green
"PICKPOCKET represents one of he four or five great dates in the history of cinema."
—Louis Malle
“Bresson’s parable of crime and redemption is timeless, achieving a state of spiritual grace rarely seen, or even contemplated, in the secular medium of cinema.”
—A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Considered by many critics to be the first full-fledged realization of Bresson's uniquely rigorous style, PICKPOCKET bears some resemblance to "Crime and Punishment," but its protagionist, Michel, is like a small-scale Raskolnikov--a petty Parisian thief whose crimes seem motivated more by eroticism and ennui than any philosophical agenda. With singular intensity, Bresson focuses on Michel's unacknowledged motives, secret existence, and wizardly techniques--the famous scene of the pickpockets' magical raid on a train station ranks as one of the great tours de force in cinema. In French with English subtitles. 35mm. (MR)
