was The Bicycle Thieves (1948‚ Vittorio De Sica)‚ which took one man’s trouble in finding his lost bike as a mere slice of the greater tragedies which were occurring everyday in Rome due to the wrecked economy. The picture broke many traditions of film to date‚ but in a somewhat playful way‚ without somber or depressive tones. Postmodernism‚ the movement in which unorthodoxy and bizarreness were encouraged‚ therefore is the most accurate denomination to give to this film. The Bicycle Thieves uses postmodern
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Italian Neorealism was an art movement that played with the conventions of classical Hollywood Realism. Through Bicycle Thieves‚ the viewer can pull out elements of both Neorealism and classical Hollywood Realism. Both Bicycle Thieves and Breathless demonstrate Realist elements to their stories that bring upon excitement and dramatically powerful films. Due to the combination of Neorealism and Hollywood Realism‚ aesthetic and narrative effects were shown throughout the films and became a success
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Vittorio De Sica’s The Bicycle Thieves is a simple story set amidst a post-war Rome. It is a neorealist film characterized by setting the story amongst the poor and working class. The film surrounds the difficult economical and moral conditions of post WWII Italy‚ reflecting the conditions of everyday life: Poverty and desperation‚ with the implicit message that in a better society‚ wealth would be more evenly distributed. The plot is simple‚ surrounding a man‚ his son and a bicycle. The film tells a
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Bicycle Thieves Ladri di biciclette directed by Vittorio de Sica in 1948 is one of the best white and black movies ever. It won the BAFTA as best movie of any source and others 14 prices. In 1949 won the Silver Ribbon as Best Movie‚ Best Cinematographie‚ Best Director‚ Best Screenplay‚ Best Score at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. The story is pretty simple. Is about a guy who was stole his bike and he needs the bike to work and he decide to try to find it with his son and
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Bicycle Thieves Reflection In the film Bicycle Thieves‚ directed by Desica‚ the use of realism is portrayed. This film is taken place in Italy during 1984; it revolves around the main character Antonio and his son Bruno. After getting his bicycle stolen from a man‚ Antonio goes on a quest with his son in order to find the bicycle he and his wife pawned in order to help him with work. In the end‚ Antonio becomes desperate for a bicycle because of the words a seer he had gone to see concerning his
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The ‘Bicycle Thieves’ was released in 1948 and directed by Vittorio De Sica. It is often associated with the neo-realism film movement. Neo-realist elements helps it succeed as a humanist film with its honest comments on the social conditions in post-war Italy. The film is heavily impacted by the state of affairs in Italy and around the globe. Characterised by the war‚ unemployment‚ labour control‚ poverty and social injustice; the ‘Bicycle Thieves’ shows the poverty of the Roman working-class and
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Bicycle Thieves One of the most groundbreaking movements in global cinema history was Italian Neo-realism. Coming after the devastating Second World War‚ Italian Neo-Realism aims to magnify the troubles of the working class in a crumbled Europe for the world to see on the silver screen. Neo-Realist films tend to star non-professional actors‚ use real locations as backdrops along with real people as extras‚ and usually have children playing major roles in the film. This movement aimed to emphasize
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’The Bicycle Thieves’ is simple story set against the backdrop of post-war‚ poverty stricken Italy. It focuses on the story of a man‚ Antonio‚ searching for his bike that was stolen from him with his son Bruno. Although the story seemingly is focused on one man and his son‚ it depicts the struggles of many others throughout the film. Morality also plays large role in The Bicycle Thieves. The viewer understands that it was wrong for the their to steal the bicycle from Antonio‚ but after seeing
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The Bicycle Thief The socio-political statement in the film‚ The Bicycle Thief‚ is the story that the director chooses shows the desperateness of everyday life. It is a constant struggle of the haves and the have-nots. Those who are the lower or the middle class‚ always want more and there always is hope that something better will come along their way. Through the character of Antonio‚ we see the hope for better things to come and that one day he will not have to struggle. It is that hope that
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and realism the citizens of italy had experience. Neorealism films were shot on location‚ with non-professional actors‚ using various filmmaking techniques like the long take. In the case of Bicycle Thieves‚ its focuses was on poverty‚ as the main character and his son travel in order to find his missing bicycle so that he can obtain a job. Throughout the film we are shown how poor the characters are as we see his wife gather all of her most cherished items and pawn them to get her husband the bike
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