FOCUS (Requa/Ficarra, 2015), which is vaguely reminiscent of Harry in Your Pocket. On Mar 10, 2018 4:05 PM, "Craig Martin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I'm sure you already have Bruce Geller's 1973 film *Harry in Your Pocket*. There's also Curt Bois' character who pickpockets unsuspecting targets in Michael Curtiz' *Casablanca,* the pickpockets in Jack Conway's *The Unholy Three *remake and the self-confessed kleptomaniac with a veritable library of stolen wallets in Steven Spielberg's animated film *The Adventures of Tintin *(2011). On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 5:06 AM, Linda Robinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Probably nothing like what you're looking for, but there's always the > musical Oliver! (1986). > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Fang, Karen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I'm looking for movies about pickpockets (similar to Samuel Fuller's > > PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, Robert Bresson's LE PICKPOCKET, and Jia Zhangke's > > XIAO WU). > > > > > > I'll be considering these films in conjunction with a thread of Hong Kong > > movies on the same topic, as well as COLD EYES (a Korean remake of a Hong > > Kong movie that quotes Fuller), but would be grateful for titles and > > suggestions to other movies about pickpockets within world film. > > > > > > Feel free to reply off off-list. > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any leads! > > > > Karen Fang > > > > > > Karen Fang https://urldefense.proofpoint. com/v2/url?u=http-3A__uh.academia.edu_KarenFang&d=DwIBaQ&c= clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=WaDqL3YLnFFzoYkdYZqVyA&m= eZV4AsUK2HxOU-_rpl2EsyF19JLsFKNou_L88eJ99ks&s=lcdhwVZEaiUI2TGMrnv46U8lVwP- 2SFpVgocgP0bqLU&e= > > Professor > > Department of English > > University of Houston @KfangKaren > > > > author of _Arresting Cinema: Surveillance in Hong Kong Film_ Stanford > > University Press, 2017 https://urldefense.proofpoint. com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sup.org_books_title_-3Fid-3D26756&d=DwIBaQ&c= clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=WaDqL3YLnFFzoYkdYZqVyA&m= eZV4AsUK2HxOU-_rpl2EsyF19JLsFKNou_L88eJ99ks&s=pwhFwRq3pOKk5oNeuvB6A_ VKFg1KTcUZDE7yChabilw&e= > > > > ---- > > Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex > > podcast: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www. screenlex.org&d=DwIBaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r= WaDqL3YLnFFzoYkdYZqVyA&m=eZV4AsUK2HxOU-_rpl2EsyF19JLsFKNou_L88eJ99ks&s= 1DET5svs3lBodciY3ShNXtTrpUspU2DSuzy7lb03aUs&e= > > > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF > Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www. ScreenSite.org&d=DwIBaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r= WaDqL3YLnFFzoYkdYZqVyA&m=eZV4AsUK2HxOU-_rpl2EsyF19JLsFKNou_L88eJ99ks&s= zziUwJ3h1pJyVrppE5AwXoZoYDkp7nCrgCFXWNQ95Hk&e= ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html