Pickpocket2025-05-24
Vancouver, BC
The pick-pocketing sequences here are masterful. I love it when a filmmaker hones in on the art or craft in a process (thinking the counterfeit money scene in To Live and Die in L.A., tons of heist films like Le Cercle Rouge or Heat, really any prison break film, mainly Bresson's very own A Man Escaped). Beyond that, I think this one is best viewed as the breakdown of a man consumed by his own self-righteousness. The reclamation is there too, while a bit sudden, but I get the intention to not dwell on it.
Watched at the Cinematheque in 35mm. Part of their current programming highlighting Robert Bresson's filmography.
Watched at the Cinematheque in 35mm. Part of their current programming highlighting Robert Bresson's filmography.