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Paul Schrader, who wrote “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull,” tells us what he admires about the films of the French director Robert Bresson. He says, in particular, that Bresson’s “Pickpocket” had a direct influence on his screenplays for “Taxi Driver” and “American Gigolo.” Two of Bresson’s films, “Pickpocket” and “Mouchette,” will screen at Film Forum in the coming weeks.

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