And he's quite happy about it.

Key passage: "The heist comes off as an acte gratuit--André Gide’s term for an action whose motivelessness is an assertion of freedom--and gives rise to the existential adventure of a hunted man on the run. Thus The Mastermind turns into a classic film noir, complete with the tawdry details of clandestinity and isolation, panic-stricken quests for hideouts, and efforts to efface identity.

"Clandenistinity"?? Really, now, Mister B.! :-)

Read the rest of it here...

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/kelly-reichardts-the-mastermind-reinvents-the-heist-movie