| Description |
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 314
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Note |
French soundtrack with optional subtitles in English. |
| Cast |
Martin Lassalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie, Jean Pelegri. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Léonce-Henri Burel; editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean-Baptiste Lully. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959. |
| Summary |
Michel, an insignificant man who drifts into crime, is arrested and imprisoned. Upon release, he abandons an attempt at reform when a master pickpocket teaches him his art. |
| Note |
Special features: new, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by film scholar James Quandt; new video introduction by writer-director Paul Schrader; the models of "Pickpocket", a 2003 documentary by filmmaker Babette Mangolte, featuring actors from the film; a 1960 interview with Bresson, from the French television program Cinépanorama; Q&A on Pickpocket, with actress Marika Green and filmmakers Paul Vecchiali and Jean-Pierre Améris fielding questions at a 2000 screening of the film; footage of sleight-of-hand artist and Pickpocket consultant Kassagi, from a 1962 episode of the French television show La piste aux étoiles; original theatrical trailer; plus a new essay by novelist and culture critic Gary Indiana. |
| Subject |
Pickpockets -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Voleurs à la tire France Paris Drame |
| Genre |
Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Bresson, Robert.
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Delahaie, Agnes.
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La Salle, Martin.
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Green, Marika.
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Leymarie, Pierre.
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Pélégri, Jean, 1920-
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Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687.
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Burel, Léonce-Henri, 1892-1977.
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Lamy, Raymond.
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Mondial Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
078003032X : $39.99 |
|
9780780030329 |
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9781604658699 |
| Standard No. |
037429209523 |
| Music # |
PIC150 Criterion Collection |
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