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1963:ayearinthelifeofapettycriminal.Thisabstractcrimefilmreconnoitresthefrontiersofthegenre,withimagesfromcomicsandadvertisingandoldsounds.Aspecialcollagewhoseunderlyingconceptisverytopical:usingimagesisthesameasstealing.<br/> InthewordsofLewisKlahrhimself,hisfirstfull-lengthfilmThePettifoggeris'anabstractcrimefilm,asensorialexplorationofthevirulenceofunfetteredcapitalism'.Thelifeofthe'pettifogger',apettycriminalintheearly1960s,iscollapsingthankstohisgreed,hiscalculatingnatureandhisweaknessforplayingcardsformoney.Thefurtherhedescends,themorevagueandenigmaticthestorybecomes.<br/> TheformisthesameasKlahrdevelopedinrecentdecadesinhisrenownedshortfilms:movingcollagesoffoundimages,setagainstanequallyeclecticallycompiledsoundtrack.<br/> Thevariationofmaterialsusedisenormous:notonlycomicstripsinthestyleofLichtensteinfromwhichtheprotagonistcomes,butalsoplayingcards,pokermarkersandbatteredoriginalphotos.Themanyimagerepetitions,flashinglightsandstunningshotscompletethehypnoticeffect.