And the non-musicals Oliver Twist (Roman Polanski, 2005) and Oliver Twist (David Lean, 1948) ________________________________ From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Linda Robinson <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, 9 March 2018 5:06:20 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SCREEN-L] movies about pickpockets? 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 http://uh.academia.edu/KarenFang<http://uh.academia.edu/KarenFang> > Professor > Department of English > University of Houston @KfangKaren > > author of _Arresting Cinema: Surveillance in Hong Kong Film_ Stanford > University Press, 2017 http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=26756<http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=26756> > > ---- > Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex > podcast: > http://www.screenlex.org<http://www.screenlex.org> > ---- 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 http://www.ScreenSite.org