![]() The reason why he doesn’t get a job is not that he is not good enough to get one but that he has constructed a personality for himself where it would be too low to get one. The film channels’ Michel’s life in kind of narcissism that has been induced in him by himself. When not, the focus is left to Michel’s face that is mostly frenzied with a kind of stillness that doesn’t show any sign of life. When we see the acts that he commits most of the focus has always been put to his hands. He mostly cops out from talking to her – Fearing that caring for another person will only change and hamper his concentration.īased on Dostoyevsky’s Crimes and Punishment, Pickpocket nudges the basic of the story to show a kind of transformation in Michel’s life that is completely accounted through his hands. Even the few interactions that Michel has with Jeanne, there’s always a sense of urgency in his ways to do things. The way he approaches a person, the way his fear and excitement never get the better off him, the way he rushes out of the tramp in the same subtle way of facing towards it before dropping his weight out of it – Everything is intricated and aimed as a trance. The whole process of trying to figure out his next move is like a dance piece. Theft is an act of great precision for him. Related to Pickpocket – LOOKBACK ON SCORSESE: MEAN STREETS Picking pockets is his way to escape those demons in his head. His friend whom he meets occasionally at the local restaurant is also just an acquaintance whom he talks to for escaping his own thoughts. ![]() It’s evident that Michel is trying to avoid contact with anyone. ![]() One of those times he chances upon his mother’s neighbor cum caretaker Jeanne. More so, he tries as hard as he can to not visit his mother. Most non-theft related sequences showcase him as desolated and alone – The voiceovers are preferred over normal conversation and his act of avoiding confrontations confirms the same. ![]()
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