On the occasion of the Museum of the Moving Image's retrospective of the films of Maurice Pialat from October 16 to November 1, the UK home video distributor Masters of Cinema
has granted permission for me to post essays originally written for the
DVD booklets of MoC's Pialat releases. This 2008 essay on Pialat's
1983 film Police (screening Sunday, October 18 at 4 pm) takes a particular interest in the contributions of screenwriter Catherine Breillat.