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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Pickpocket (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Janus Films, mk2 diffusion, Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Bresson, Robert, Delahaie, Agnes, La Salle, Martin, Green, Marika, Pélégri, Jean, 1920-, Scal, Dolly, Leymarie, Pierre, Kassagi, Etaix, Pierre, 1928-, Gattegno, César
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:In French with optional new and improved subtitles in English.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 314.
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Pickpockets > France > Paris > Drama.
Voleurs à la tire > France > Paris > Drame
Crime > Feature > Videodisc.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
Description
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.
Item Description:"Special edition"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
First released in France.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Accompanying insert includes a new essay by novelist and culture critic Gary Indiana.
Special features: 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.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([8] folded pages : ill. ; 19 cm.).
Format:DVD; region 1 (NTSC); Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Musique de J.B. Lulli ; transcription, F. Oubradous ; direction musicale, Marc Lanjean ; chef opérateur, L.-H. Burel ; chef-monteur, Raymond Lamy.
ISBN:078003032X