February 16, 2012

Pickpocket

From my Second Ebert's Great Movies Marathon, part 4 of 15


Pickpocket, 1959. An arrogant man is obsessed with pickpocketing. Written & directed by Robert Bresson. Starring Martin LaSalle, Marika Green & Jean Pélégri.

Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 1/4 (Bad)
Music: 4/4 (Great)
Subjective Rating: 4/10 (Eh, 2/4). There's some great suspense in the beginning, but it very quickly deteriorates into pretentious crap. Bresson deliberately alienates the audience every chance he gets.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.4/4 (Okay)

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