PICKPOCKET - 1959 - Robert Bresson

[ShowtimePanda]

I usually don't like using tour de force, but this is a tour de force of cinematography and editing.

[Cestdesconneries]

Does this film come w/ english subtitles? Or is there a modern film like it? I'd love to see it and understand it

[UnwantedStudios3]

lol i always loved that purse/newspaper swipe

[germanga89]

AWFUL FILM!

[ateniense7]

pure art

[SSTK1982]

I saw the film, that a unique one.

[DanielE4653]

One of the best scenes ever filmed.

[cineasta71]

Master of spiritual cinema...

[eltirano28]

eh i don't know i mean certain parts i was like to the victoms "c'mon you're not gonna notice he just took your watch or your wallet from your coat pocket right in your face!?"

[aichoucha22]

haaa tellement géniale cette vidéo ! <3

[jim199372]

Now you.Came to show money.Your here.

[orangejuicecarton18]

i really enjoy this.

[magico139]

reconheço a habilidade dos caras

[jpastuch]

I wish my footsteps sounded that good

[sashonska]

this is peace of mind

[TrickyNick79]

You can find an annotated version of this scenes in my videos that explains what is going on from the point of view of a pickpocket.

[momothecat1]

high art... love the middle shots

[phille22]

I love this movie, but this scene is fucking ridiculous

[polca456]

why? cause Jesus don't like you steal?

[phille22]

no, because swaping a bag and replacing it with a newspaper is fucking retarded

[bertdockx]

i particularly enjoy that bit. i always feel un urge to applaude when i see it. i even actually do that sometimes. or i shout: "wew! allright!", as if watching a game of tennis or football.

[ohworldgirl1]

Actually you should check out the youtube vid "Apollo the pick pocket" and you can kind of see that people really don't notice what they should "obviously" notice. Apollo does the watch trick a few times and ppl don't notice. scary

[CinemoiFrenchFilm]

The hands seem to have a life on their own.

It is brilliantly done, even funny sometimes.

[sgieckm]

what is the name of this movie

[christchurcher]

pickpocket

[MarBidi]

Impressionante!

[weemikey70]

Beautiful! A wonderfully choreographed set-piece. With the subtle sounds of feet and train noises it plays out like an intricate ballet of dancing fingers. Marvellously directed. It appears so effortless.

[bertdockx]

right. apart from the impressive content, you can enjoy his films as pure abstract and brilliant choreographies of sound and image. the sound in particular can really open your ears; after seeing a bresson film (in the cinema especially), i'm in this delightfully hypersensitive state where i'm more aware of the richness of the sonic landscapes that surround us. lovely!

[BorisCollage]

Amazingly put.

[ThePrinceMyshkin]

@bertdockx Definitely! Supersensitive afterward. I first saw Mouchette and afterward I was looking at my hands move to doorknobs and listening to my footsteps. Hated the sound of footsteps before Bresson. Became aware of sound, how they put images in our heads. It would not be insane to say I live completely differently after discovering Bresson. Favorite director, artist, and person. That kind of praise is always bullshit, but I'm serious.

[MyName42]

@ThePrinceMyshkin I feel similarly about Malick--after watching The New World or The Tree of Life I look at the world differently. I see light everywhere, and notice the breeze through the leaves, and I feel his films have changed my life. I don't feel quite the same about Bresson--I've never been quite as emotionally affected by his films, but he's certainly a genius and I understand what you mean. I wish I could a Bresson film in a theater.

[mortichro]

one of the most awesome scenes in the movie

[UnwantedStudiosInc]

the move with the purse at the begining was epic

[zinzin92000]

c'est un truc de fou :o

[cawakahn]

The art of the pickpocket is presented as a tense and intricate dance staged with unkowing partners. Bresson's long, slow camera movements and eye-level POV place the viewer within this serpentine chain of events. One of the most brilliant 5 minutes of film one is likely to ever see.