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  • Les Modèles de 'Pickpocket'

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    Pickpocket  (1959)

    Les Modèles de 'Pickpocket'

    This documentary is available on the Criterion Collection DVD for Pickpocket.  It was released in 2005 and is basically about tracking down and speaking with the three main actors in the movie Pickpocket.

    It's called the "models" of Pickpocket because that is a term that Bresson used for his actors.  Since he thought of actors in unconventional ways, he had to invent his own new terms for them.  They were always people who had never acted before, and he would never use them a second time for fear that they should see what they looked like on film subsequently and try to make corrections in their future performances.

    To whatever extent you are interested in where these actors are at now, what they have been up to, and their recollections of the Pickpocket production are, that is the same extent to which you would enjoy this film.  I personally thought it was somewhat interesting, but maybe slightly long.

    Rating: 6/10