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For many of us here the "Pickpocket" spells relief

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Victor Khomenko

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A relief from the modern relentless and loud, obnoxious and often plain offensive movie making.
The 1959 film by Robert Bresson is quiet, introspective and insightful, and if you are familiar wih Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment - it will strike quite a few familiar chords.
Of course the Criterion disc comes with great image quality, and all together should produce a very enjoyable evening for your buck-fifty.

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Great minds think alike! It's currently on my list and should - tinear 09:37:47 08/16/06 (1)
be here in a few weeks.
I studied Bresson in school and the Country Priest still haunts me... as does the memory of a young girl from another film of his which title is too distant.
- Re: Great minds think alike! It's currently on my list and should - Victor Khomenko 10:51:43 08/16/06 (0)
  I am sure you will love it - it has such a beautiful atmosphere and a matter-of-factly tone to the narration.
Re: Image quality - rico 07:23:27 08/16/06 (6)
I thought you didn't care about image quality.
- I said that? I must have been drunk! :-) - Victor Khomenko 10:54:43 08/16/06 (5)
  I think what I have been saying was above certain level the image quality stops being an annyoance, it kind of disappears. Unless it is a movie where it matters, but I hardly watch such movies.
  Now... since we are on this subject... I had some recent experiences where image quality was superb, but you know what? You note it at the beginning, and then forget about it if the movie is good.
  - Re: I said that? I must have been drunk! :-) - rico 12:17:02 08/16/06 (4)
    I still contend that better the image quality aids in the suspension of disbelief and one's involvement in a film, particularly a good or great film.
    - Well, it certainly helps but... what about the much larger, or - tinear 15:29:39 08/16/06 (3)
      smaller to be exact, issue of screen size?
      Watching a film on a 27" tv screen hardly is ideal but I derive great enjoyment from it.
      Of course, seeing that massive wrap-around screening of 2001 years ago left an indelible impression--- or was it just the LSD?
      - Re: Well, it certainly helps but... what about the much larger, or - rico 09:14:10 08/17/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Well, it certainly helps but... what about the much larger, or posted by tinear on August 16, 2006 at 15:29:39:
        
        I believe that some experts consider 27" the minimum screen size for suspension of disbelief. I agree that the larger the screen size (all else being equal) the greter the involvement. In September of 1968 I saw "@001..." on a huge curved Cinerama screen and have never forgotten it.
        
        Hey, Rico, it just so happens all four of those monster - tinear 11:41:37 08/17/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Well, it certainly helps but... what about the much larger, or posted by rico on August 17, 2006 at 09:14:10:
        
        screens, the original ones, are long gone. However, Paul Allen, gazillionaire, also loved it so... he has built a screen that size in Seattle and occasionally... 2001 is screened.
        
        Re: Hey, Rico, it just so happens all four of those monster - rico 12:09:34 08/17/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Hey, Rico, it just so happens all four of those monster posted by tinear on August 17, 2006 at 11:41:37:
        
        I believe there is one in Dayton. Ohio, Utah, and also one or two in England. There may be more. Toward the end Super Panavision 70 replaced the three camera technique of the original Cinerama.

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