Thief
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1981 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Michael Mann |
| Cast | James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky |
| Genre | Crime thriller |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Thief | – |
| Español | Ladrón | Ladron |
| Français | Le Solitaire | Le Solitaire |
| Deutsch | Der Einzelgänger | Der Einzelganger |
| Português | Profissão: Ladrão | Profissao: Ladrao |
| Italiano | Strade violente | Strade violente |
| Русский | Вор | Vor |
| 中文（简体） | 小偷 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 小偷 | – |
| 한국어 | 도둑 | Doduk |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Kẻ trộm | Ke trom |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Pencuri | Pencuri |
| 日本語 | ザ・クラッカー/真夜中のアウトロー | Za Kurakkā Mayonaka no Autorō |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which professional autonomy and criminal ownership collide within the illusion of a self-made exit.
■ Synopsis
A professional safecracker tries to build a normal life, only to confront the impossibility of freedom inside a system that claims ownership over him.
■ RECIPE Tags
#Autonomy #Exit #Ownership #ProfessionalCode #SelfErasure
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Professional skill as self-definition
Reason: The protagonist treats criminal craft as a disciplined identity rather than chaotic deviance.
Related Film: Le Samouraï - Middle: Domestic life as attempted escape
Reason: The desire for family becomes a constructed exit from the same system that makes escape impossible.
Related Film: Heat - Core: Freedom through self-erasure
Reason: The final movement rejects compromise by burning away every attachment that can be used as leverage.
Related Film: The Driver
■ Secondary Axes
- Criminal economy as ownership system: The underworld does not merely employ the individual; it absorbs and claims him.
Related Film: The Friends of Eddie Coyle - Code versus contamination: Personal discipline collapses when external power attempts to turn craft into servitude.
Related Film: Drive
■ Person
- Director: Michael Mann
- Cast: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky
■ Structural Tags
#OwnershipStructure #ExitConflict #LeverageSystem
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1981Film #CrimeThriller
