Pickpockets double feature

The second double feature is again a matter of thievery: "Pickpockets", from 1959 directed by Robert Bresson, followed by "Xiao Wu" (Pickpocket, 1997) directed by Jia Zhang Ke who is considered a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" of Chinese directors.

"Pickpockets" starts with a a crawl title: "The style of this film is not that of a thriller. The author attempts to explain, in pictures and sounds the nightmare of a young man, forced by his weakness into an adventure in theft for which he was not made. Yet this adventure, by strange paths, brings together two souls, which otherwise might never have been united."
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/04/33/hou_hsiao_hsien_bresson.htm...

Jia Zhangke is a leading figure of what is known as the “Sixth Generation” of film directors in the People's Republic of China, following the “Fifth Generation,” whose members include Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. The Fifth Generation directors occupy themselves mostly with spectacle-driven mythic histories laden with pointed social criticisms that jeopardize their standing with the government censors. In contrast, the Sixth Generation filmmakers largely produce their gritty, contemporary realist films well outside of the state system, relying instead on personal or private funding, often through sources outside China. Filmed without government approval, the work of filmmakers such as Jia, Zhang Yuan (East Palace West Palace, 1997) and Wang Xiaoshuai (So Close to Paradise [1998], Beijing Bicycle [2001]) remain mostly undistributed within China, save for the illegal circulation of pirated video copies.
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/jia.html