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Plot: Michel is released from jail after serving a sentence for thievery. His mother dies and he resorts to pickpocketing as a means of survival.
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MCT:October 5, 2008bresson's film is an exercise in austerity, and introspection. every frame counts in its 75 minute runtime.
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MCT:August 21, 2008
Que dire de ce film, sinon qu'il est d'une sobriété déconcertante. Il semble que Bresson se soit efforcé de réaliser une oeuvre cinématographique froide, exempte de toute artifice, du moindre tape-à-l'oeil. Même le jeu des acteurs est stérile, en particulier celui du protagoniste dont l'austérité empêche la création de tout sentiment d'identification. C'est justement cette difficulté à s'identifier au personnage qui rend le visionnement si particulier. On ne sait si l'on doit l'encourager ou le mépriser, puis au final on s'abandonne à son absence d'émotions qui devient également nôtre.
Pickpocket est l'un de ces films qui laisse un sentiment d'étrangeté marqué sur le spectateur. Indéniablement, la réalisation est compétente. Les scènes de vols sont un vrai régal visuel et son filmées avec une précision formidable. Sans parler des nombreuses références à Crime et Châtiment de Dostoïevski qui plairont aux fans de l'écrivain russe. Mais je crois qu'il s'agit d'un film à regarder deux, voire trois fois pour en apprécier le plein potentiel. Heureusement, sa courte durée (75 minutes) permet de s'adonner à ce petit caprice. -
MCT:August 11, 2008
A fascinating film personally. I loved the shots of the feats of legerdemain performed by the cast. Also, I personally loved the film as a whole, it brought a new perspective to the idea of redemption seen in lots of films especially by Scorsese and even in Coppola. I admired the way the acting was done, more for display than for emotion and the idea, sparse with no attachment and yet powerful in its force was just amazing.
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MCT:May 24, 2008one of the great masterpieces of one of the great giants in cinema. Bresson's most accesible film with moments of almost Hollywoodian suspense. In the end, it's a thoughtful adaptation from Dostoyevsky's Crime&Punishment. Never will anyone make movies like this anymore.
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MCT:April 16, 2008
Well, my birthday is coming up on Friday, which means (hopefully) I'll have more of these movies that I'll have to review soon. This was the first birthday gift I got this year from Derek. (Thanks, Derek!) Not a bad movie to start off with because it was awesome.
Okay, this is really lame, but I have to say that I loved the run-time first and foremost. I was crazy in the mood for something short. 74-or-so minutes later, I was pleased to watch a really tight, enjoyable film. But I can't just give a movie four-and-a-half stars for how short it was. There's plent of short movies that I crap all over. They aren't coming to mind right now, but I know that those movies are out there, so poo on you.
This movie is more of character analysis than anything else. I mean, sure, now I have better insights into the world of pickpocketing. I didn't think I'd ever need those skills to begin with, but now I'm tempted to rob people. But the character is really interesting. We always get this kind of thief who is comfortable with what he does. In this story, the character has conflicting emotions. While no means a moral person, he is afraid of being caught, but deals with the almost addiction that comes from stealing from others. He really is a dispicable character and you don't like him. That's odd for the protagonist. I'm one of those people who roots for Vic Mackey to take down IED. I rarely turn on my protagonist, but I think that's what Bresson wants me to feel in this movie. He is a pathetic guy who has no excuse for what he's doing. He loves his mother, but steals from her. What the hell? He's a jerk.
There's an interesting prologue note disclaiming this movie. I think it's appropriate because I don't consider this movie to be a thriller at all. Yes, there is some tension presented in this movie just by the nature of being a pickpocket, but I found myself rooting for the off-camera police work that was going on. I loved the character of the chief of police (or lead detective or whatever he was). He just kept giving this fool a chance to change his life. What's interesting is that Bresson brings this love interest into the movie and tends to ignore it. Yes, the girl plays a huge part in the movie, but not from the point of a love interest until the very end. We understand that there is that sexual tension between the two, but that only makes her torture of this dispicable man worse.
Really, this is a top-notch film. There's not much plot, but that's really okay. Once you see it, you'll understand what I'm talking about. -
MCT:February 14, 2008
This film is very slow pace. The director's intention (in the editing) is to leave out any sense of climax or action behind and keep the content as precise as possible.
It also has many religious connotations, for example salvation.
There are many repetitive imagery which have a great importance to the film for example, doors and hands. They are part of the main character's psychology.
The only weak aspect of the film, i might say, would be the acting part. It might be part of the cold setting and editing, but the actors seem very stif. The other reason could be also that they are non-actors.
Otherwise, the editing might be very strange to some but it is the original editing style of the director which is quite interesting. -
MCT:December 25, 2007Influential. There's a couple good sequences in here, but I felt it to be kinda slow with no substantial plot.
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MCT:November 18, 2007
Not as crisp or tense as "A Man Escaped", but still one of the most intriging crime movies ever made.
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MCT:October 25, 2007
An excellent adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Bresson's style is among the purest in cinema, with no pretensions or self indulgence.
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MCT:September 19, 2007
Brilliant story of a down and out who resorts to the world of petty thievery to get by. Incredible central performances carry this film, like a lot of french films from the time,
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MCT:August 28, 2007
this is cinema. thiscomes closest to being perfect film. it has inspired many directors and their output.
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MCT:August 25, 2007
It might be one of cinema's greatest works, although I didn't LOVE it. I like Bresson's philosophical way of making films, which remains rivaled only by select filmmakers, and "Pickpocket" is one of the top expressions of his thought and style. It's not for everybody, but one can't deny its quiet and detached treatment and restrained intensity.
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MCT:June 20, 2007
Bresson's nifty, tick-tock pickpocket sequences are enough reason to sit through Michel's tastelessly emo voiceovers.
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MCT:March 4, 2007
Bresson's stiff, fascinating study of a man who can only live by resorting to theft. With Bresson's trademark flat styles of acting and camerawork, 'Pickpocket' feels like a documentary. The film doesn't rely either on textbook acting or anything elaborate, but rather its bare plot and characters to gain a complete experience.
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MCT:February 21, 2007
This film is so special for me because I have never felt this liberation in a movie ending. We are anxious and trapped through all the movie, with little moments of a fake God (the robbery) very little moments of a fake beauty (the art of pickpocketing). This film is about the rupture of the soul of a man in a compulsive world but in it, God is revealed in the things that Makes the life worth living.
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MCT:January 28, 2007
Bresson is the master in ratcheting up mood and atmosphere, however character and plot are secondary concern for him at best. This in turn can make for a frustrating viewing experience if one is unprepared. However, if one can sit and watch the exemplary technique of the film they are in for an intriguing viewing experience.
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MCT:December 28, 2006
a poignant and analytical drama about the comparison of the morals of justice and human impulse, this is bresson at his finest, using freudian principle to examine a common thief is a true stroke of genius
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MCT:September 23, 2006this is against the law kids try this whene there older such a bad movie ! should be banned everwhere
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MCT:September 8, 2006
Film très intéressant sur la forme, mais surtout de la façon dont les acteurs sont dirigés. Complètement au contraire de Cassavetes, mais tout aussi pertinent.
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MCT:June 3, 2006
Pickpocketing is like a dance, a ballet in this movie. If you want transcendence, I don't think there's a better example of a movie.
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