Pickpockets
pcblues.com
A documentary about the day in the
life of a pickpocket.
Two pickpockets A, B, C their friend. Policeman P
[ shot in a car moving slowly around the neighbourhood, A is driving
with B in the front seat ]
A: I'm a pickpocket. I've been working this town for about five years.
I usually start my day walking around, keeping an eye out for cops.
There are a lot of patrols in this area, because of me. The neighbours
complained a lot...
[ park the car and get out with some papers under the arm]
A: I try to avoid the police as much as possible, because they're onto
me.
[ A and B walk up the street. in the distance is a policeman looking
directly at A. A walks into the front garden of a house to try to look
like he was intentially going there. B follows. The policeman keeps
looking at A from across the street while he is talking to a small
group of people, taking details of a crime. ]
[ cut to a park, earlier in the day, where A is showing C the
screwdriver which pulls apart. They are sitting on a park seat. ]
A: with this screwdriver, you can hold up people, and hide the money in
here... [ pull apart screwdriver] It's the latest.
C: how much do you reckon you could make with it?
A: $320 a day, I reckon. [ brandishes the screwdriver at C]
A: Give me your wallet!
C: whooh.
[ cut back to the front garden of someone's house, where A walks up to
the front door, pretending to be doing door to door sales. The people
living in the house are looking out the front window at him.
The policeman walks over the road towards him ]
A to B: crap, crap. What am I selling?
B: Umm...
[ P gets to A and B, pleased with himself at catching a criminal, and
wanting to boast to A & B ]
P: You should look out, I caught a guy today who had been holding up
people with a screwdriver. I'm on fire, and you guys are next.
[A quickly scribbles down some numbers on a sheet of paper while P
talks to B about his success ]
A to P: My business was robbed today.
P: Yeah, right. How much was stolen?
A: These are my businesses books. See here? $320.
P: You should keep these your books in better order.
A: That's the item there which shows the stolen money.
P: I don't believe it. [ takes out screwdriver and opens it ] This must
be yours then.
[ gives it to A ] Maybe being a victim of crime yourself will stop you
from doing it to others.
[ A winks to camera. fade out ]