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02/09/06
Pickpocket (1959)
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Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 18 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 9.3/10
Rated: PG
Runtime: 75 mins
Theatrical Release: 08-04-2005
Synopsis: Inspired by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic novel CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Robert Bresson's PICKPOCKET tells the story of a man whose attraction to crime threatens to condemn him forever--spiritually as well as physically. Michel (Martin LaSalle), a young thief, is caught one afternoon,... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Pierre Leymaire
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05/24/03
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Inspired by Dostoevsky's seminal novel, Bresson's rigorous meditation on crime and redemption is a masterpiece, paying attention to the criminal and the society that created him without ever explaining either; it's only 75 minutes but every frame counts
07/01/08
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Bresson examines actions but offers little attention to motives, an approach that here seems to suggest that Michel's choices may be a mystery even to himself.
02/11/06
Bresson's films are the most sublime expression of the powerful, illicit sexuality of the movement of moving pictures against a subjective audience.
01/29/06
I believe Bresson would approve of Criterion's efforts, as all possible interpretations of "Pickpocket" are spread throughout the very special features of this disc.
01/12/06
Every image in Pickpocket evokes the director's idea of the soul in transition.
11/10/05
...the slow-burn of LaSalle's performance may be simplicity itself but it's hard to shake afterward.
11/04/05
Ultimately inexplicable, this concentrated, elliptical, economical movie is an experience that never loses its strangeness.
10/04/05
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