My problem is that I just didn't care, as the main character was about as interesting as a block of moldy cheese. And, I know that the minimalist acting style was part of the mystique of many New Wave films. Now I understand that the director deliberately made this film as non-elegantly and non-Hollywood as possible. As for me, I love some and I hate some-and I hated "Pickpocket". ![]() I know there are many folks out there that LOVE the French New Wave. On top of that, he's obviously read some Nietsche and feels entitled to steal, as he is superior to those around him and every time he steals, he proves this to himself. THe story is about a very emotionally constricted man who has a compulsion to steal. Reviewed by MartinHafer 3 / 10 A great idea that is executed terribly. I think I like Pickpocket a little more, but I may like it even more on another viewing. While the hero has only one determination in Man Escaped, to get out, Pickpocket has a man who doesn't know what to do with himself, only coming to a genuine catharsis behind bars. ![]() Like A Man Escaped, there is that sort of dissection, quietly and without really digging too deep, into what a man wants with his life, or doesn't want. Was I rooting for him, or just pleased by the pay-off of Bresson's suspense? Maybe both there is definitely one truly virtuoso sequence in the film, when the pickpockets go on the train. At times I almost had a grin as he made some successful grabs, by himself or his cohorts. He is a decent person, but there are certain things that get to him, which is why he feels he must steal. Indeed, the actor who plays the protagonist here is actually very good, aside from the disconnection, and provides an excellent way for us to get along his side. Whatever it sets up for this actor to do, it sets up well. And yet, this is really made up tenfold with the sort of style that can be likely called Bressonian straightforward angles, tense medium close-ups, serene editing, and little to no music. But my only minor nitpick with the film is that it leaves a sort of cold viewing on a viewer, with such simplicity and emotions stripped from the character(s) that it's hard to connect. ![]() Bresson's use of the camera is often intoxicating in the most subdued, subtle, in-direct distinctions at times it does take on the prowess of literature. Robert Bresson's Pickpocket has many great moments, even as it didn't quite do it for me on a first viewing as a 'masterpiece'(some have said to see it twice, perhaps I will). Reviewed by Quinoa1984 9 / 10 simple is as simple does, which includes stealing and living an isolated life
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