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Vittorio De Sica's remarkable 1947 drama of desperation and survival in Italy's devastating post-war depression earned a special Oscar for its affecting power. Shot in the streets and alleys of Rome, De Sica uses the real-life environment of contemporary life to frame his moving drama of a desperate father whose new job delivering cinema posters is threatened when a street thief steals his bicycle. Too poor to buy another, he and his son take to the streets in an impossible search for his bike. Cast with nonactors and filled with the real street life of Rome, this landmark film helped define the Italian neorealist approach with its mix of real life details, poetic imagery, and warm sentimentality. De Sica uses the wandering pair to witness the lives of everyday folks, but ultimately he paints a quiet, poignant portrait of father and son, played by nonprofessionals Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola, whose understated performances carry the heart of the film. De Sica and scenarist Cesare Zavattini also collaborated on Shoeshine, Miracle in Milan, and Umberto D, all classics in the neorealist vein, but none of which approach the simple poetry and quiet power achieved in The Bicycle Thief. --Sean Axmaker
CATEGORY: DVD
DIRECTOR: Vittorio De Sica
THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: 13 December, 1949
MANUFACTURER: Image Entertainment
MPAA RATING: Unrated
FEATURES: Black & White, NTSC
TYPE: Classics, Foreign Film - Italian, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], International, Movie
MEDIA: DVD
# OF MEDIA: 1
UPC: 014381457223

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The Bicycle Thief
Italian, black and white. The English is dubbed, and it doesn't match the subtitles. As an added bonus, neither matches the Italian. I cannot believe an Italian actor is yelling in somebody's face, with the full range of body language for which they are so famous, while the translation is "you stupid guy." No, he was unleashing some beautiful profanity. But no matter. This is a wonderful film. Comic and moving, full of depth. It has an Academy Award of some sort on the cover, and I'm sure you can read all kinds of reviews drooling over this classic. (I haven't looked.) But, well, I'm an old redneck. I just thought you might want to know that I like it too. If you get this movie, watch the son. His father isn't. <
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Thought-provokingly moving
The Bicycle Thief is a film fully able to contribute its own meaning to the elusive meaning of "art." The acting is superb. Additionally, the scenes of a historic Rome, the despair and economic turmoil, are breathtaking. While dialogue is certainly present in the film, I do not think it is of much relevance. The acting, plot sequencing could serve alone to convey the very, very simple plot of The Bicycle Thief. <
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>The entire premise of the film is that of a man in a fruitless search for his bicycle. Deprived of his bicycle, his sole means of transportation, he is, in effect, deprived of a livelihood. He and his family suffer as a result. <
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>As I must add in, too, for anyone that sees this- Bruno is undeniably likeable, enjoy his wanderings with his Dad. <
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>There is enough melodrama in this film to satisfy the most stern of critics. <
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Beautiful, heart-rending and gritty!
This a heartrending tale of man in desperation. Filmed in nice crisp black and white, the director used street people to act in his film. This portrayal of one man's bad luck is a lens to view post-war depression in Italy, as well as aspects of Italian culture. A beautiful interesting film--but not for those who are only interested in escape!

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