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Film Forum: Hobbits, Wizards, and Rappers

A new version of The Fellowship of the Ring fills gaps and offers surprises. Plus what religious critics are saying about Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 8 Mile, Femme Fatale, Far from Heaven, The Santa Clause 2, Family Fundamentals, and the film

Jeffrey Overstreet | posted 11/01/2002 12:00AM

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Pickpocket (1959) is based loosely on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, and reveals another kind of prison—man's compulsions—as a thief battles opposing tendencies of his soul, seeking redemption for his fallen nature while narrowly escaping the encroaching law. (New Yorker Films)

Au hasard, Balthazar (1966) is pure parable: A tale of a young donkey "blessed" by children and then condemned to a life of hardship and pain, thus paralleling the children's growth into adulthood. One of Bresson's many Christ figures, the donkey is at once alien to, and bearer of, humanity's sin. (This video is not officially distributed in the U.S., but regularly sells on eBay.)

Next week: More on Harry Potter, Half Past Dead, and other new releases.

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