Pickpocket / Janus Films ; MK2 ; Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France présente ; de Robert Bresson ; produit par Agnes Delahaie.

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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:Criterion collection ; 314.
Corporate Authors: Janus Films (Production company)
MK2 Productions (Production company)
Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France (Presenter, Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Bresson, Robert (Screenwriter, Film director)
Delahaie, Agnes (Film producer)
La Salle, Martin (Actor)
Green, Marika (Actor)
Pélégri, Jean, 1920- (Actor)
Scal, Dolly (Actor)
Leymarie, Pierre (Actor)
Étaix, Pierre, 1928-2016 (Actor)
Gattegno, César (Actor)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687 (composer (expression))
Lanjean, Marc (Musical director)
Burel, Léonce-Henri, 1892-1977 (director of photography.)
Charbonnier, Pierre (Production designer)
Lamy, Raymond (Film editor)
Quandt, James, 1956- (Commentator)
Mangolte, Babette (Filmmaker)
Roche, France, 1921-2013 (interviewer (expression))
Chalais, François, 1919-1996 (interviewer (expression))
Vecchiali, Paul, 1930- (interviewee (expression))
Améris, Jean-Pierre, 1961- (interviewee (expression))
Indiana, Gary (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:French
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In French with English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Edition:DVD edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 314.
Subjects:
Pickpockets > France > Paris > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet.
Format: Video DVD
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.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration; Paul Schrader introduction; Commentary (featuring film scholar James Quandt); The models of "Pickpocket" (a 2003 documentary by Babette Mangolte that features interviews with actors from the film); Cinépanorama (interview with director Robert Bresson, by France Roche and François Chalais, from a 1960 episode of the French television program); Q&A on Pickpocket (from 2000 screening of the film, featuring actor Marika Green and filmmakers Paul Vecchiali and Jean-Pierre Améris); Kassagi (footage of sleight-of-hand artist and Pickpocket consultant Kassagi, from a 1962 episode of the French television show La piste aux étoiles); Trailer.
Accompanied by a leaflet with an essay by novelist and culture critic Gary Indiana.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.F78 P53 2014 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781604658699
160465869X
Credits:Music, J.B. Lulli ; musical director, Marc Lanjean ; cinematographer, L.-H. Burel ; production designer, Pierre Charbonnier ; editor, Raymond Lamy.
System Details:DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Cast:
Martin La Salle, Marika Green, Jean Pelegri, Dolly Scal, Pierre Leymarie, Kassagi, Pierre Etaix, César Gattegno.