Pickpocket Blu-Ray (US Import)

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Pickpocket Blu-Ray (US Import)
Criterion

Original title: Pickpocket

Year: 1959
Country: France
Region code: A
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 715515295611

Image: 1.37:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio:
French: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)

Subtitles: English

Rating: Not Rated

Genre: Drama

Cast: Martin Lasalle, Marika Green, Jean Pelegri, Dolly Scal, Pierre Leymarie

Director: Robert Bresson


Synopsis:

This incomparable story of crime and redemption from the French master Robert Bresson follows Michel, a young pickpocket who spends his days working the streets, subway cars, and train stations of Paris. As his compulsive pursuit of the thrill of stealing grows, however, so does his fear that his luck is about to run out. A cornerstone of the career of this most economical and profoundly spiritual of filmmakers, Pickpocket is an elegantly crafted, tautly choreographed study of humanity in all its mischief and grace, the work of a director at the height of his powers.

Additional features:

• 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring film scholar James Quandt
• Introduction by writer-director Paul Schrader
• The Models of Pickpocket, a 2003 documentary by Babette Mangolte that features interviews with actors from the film
• Interview with director Robert Bresson from a 1960 episode of the French television program Cinépanorama
• Q&A on Pickpocket from 2000, featuring actor Marika Green and filmmakers Paul Vecchiali and Jean-Pierre Améris
• Footage of the sleight-of-hand artist and Pickpocket consultant Kassagi from a 1962 episode of the French television show La piste aux étoiles
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Gary Indiana