Pickpocket Blu-ray Criticism & Essays The story is partially told

The story is partially told through interviews with Waters

stylish tale of a carnival grifter and the psychiatrist who intends to expose him

Gillain explores how Truffaut transforms the experiences of life into fiction

a 'film within a film'

Maggie Smith

Pickpocket Blu-ray Criticism & Essays The story is partially told'Pickpocket' Director: Robert Bresson (1959) BFI Blu ray French w English subtitles Includes audio of Q&A with Bresson (1971 47mins), Paul Schrader discusses the film, documentary 'The Models of Pickpocket' (2003 52mins), three related shorts from BFI archive and more A masterpiece of precision cinematic storytelling. A young Parisian man begins to learn the techniques of pickpocketing.