The Pettifogger
The Pettifogger
2011, English. Directed by Lewis Klahr.
A year in the life of an American gambler and con man circa 1963. A diaristic montage full of glimpses, glances, decaying ephemera and elliptical narrative. An abstract crime film and, like many other crime films involving larceny, a sensorial exploration of the virulence of unfettered capitalism. An impressionistic collage film culled from a wide variety of image and sound sources that fully exploits the hieroglyphic essence of cutouts to ponder what appropriation and stealing have in common. Definitely the longest continuous film I’ve ever created.—Lewis Klahr
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- 1h 5m
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- English
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- 9 October 2011
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The Pettifogger runs 65 minutes (1h 5m).
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The Pettifogger is streaming on Philo and Fandor in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Pettifogger?
The Pettifogger (2011) was directed by Lewis Klahr.