Movie maker Noah Segan lets the digicam linger somewhat longer than may be anticipated on a penny in his directorial debut, “The Solely Dwelling Pickpocket in New York.” The coin serves as a classic software for John Turturro’s petty prison Harry Lehman to jimmy open a automotive lock. However between the movie’s manufacturing and launch, the U.S. Treasury formally stopped minting pennies, including one other layer of which means to an insert shot already loaded with associations about extinction and obsolescence.

