Pickpocket (1959; Dir.: Robert Bresson)

Canon Fodder Episode 11

We wish we knew how to quit you, Robert Bresson! Daniel and Corky get their Bresson on with a review of the French master’s 1959 masterpiece Pickpocket. Will the film steal your host’s hearts, or will it leave them feeling ripped off?

PICKPOCKET FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound  2022 Critics List Ranking: #136 (tied)

French theatrical debut: Dec. 16, 1959

IMDB synopsis: “Michel passes the time by picking pockets, careful to never be caught despite being watched by the police. His friend Jacques may suspect, while both men may have their eyes on Jeanne, the pretty neighbor of Michel’s ailing mother.”

CLIPS AND CLIPPINGS

Trailer for Pickpocket

Opening scene

The amazing Gare de Lyon sequence

Bresson interview about Pickpocket

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Los Olvidados (1950; Dir.: Luis Buñuel)

IMDB synopsis: “A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.”

Our review of Los Olvidados comes out on April 23!

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