In this essay I will go on a quest to try to identify and analyse the certain approach of “Bicycle Thieves” and the direction it had taken. I will be discussing about the overall impact that the film had on its audience and the importance of the subject of ‘realism’ displayed within the film.
Ladri Di Biciclette which is the Italian Translation for Bicycle Thieves was filmed and then released in 1948, firstly in its native Italy and then again in the US as “The Bicycle Thief” just over a year later. Ladri Di Biciclette came into the limelight whilst the whole nation was left absolutely staggered by the events that occurred during the Great War that ended three years prior. Italy as a whole were still straining to convalesce in the wake of …show more content…
Neo-realism was a type of movement that was represented by film in the nation of Italy in which the stories were often focused on the lives of either the poor or working class citizens of the country with inexperienced/non-professional actors frequently presented as part of the film cast. Italian Neorealism was a very non-fictional way of storytelling and was a perception of the realities of living in post-WWII Italy in which the conditions, morally and economically had drastically changed for the worse following the war.
Vittorio De Sica, an actor and director in his own right was a prominent influence on the popularity of neorealism at the time as he was notable for using many of the techniques listed above when it came to film production, coincidentally he was also the same man who directed “Ladri Di Biciclette”. The neo-realistic approach to the film production in this period was a representation of the real-life issues that the people were dealing with such as desperation, injustice, oppression and poverty. The change in the mental and psychological mind state of the country was triggered by these problems that had taken place during the previous years and also showed the everyday lives of the residents who for the most part were living in near-dire conditions. The setting
Ladri Di Biciclette which is the Italian Translation for Bicycle Thieves was filmed and then released in 1948, firstly in its native Italy and then again in the US as “The Bicycle Thief” just over a year later. Ladri Di Biciclette came into the limelight whilst the whole nation was left absolutely staggered by the events that occurred during the Great War that ended three years prior. Italy as a whole were still straining to convalesce in the wake of …show more content…
Neo-realism was a type of movement that was represented by film in the nation of Italy in which the stories were often focused on the lives of either the poor or working class citizens of the country with inexperienced/non-professional actors frequently presented as part of the film cast. Italian Neorealism was a very non-fictional way of storytelling and was a perception of the realities of living in post-WWII Italy in which the conditions, morally and economically had drastically changed for the worse following the war.
Vittorio De Sica, an actor and director in his own right was a prominent influence on the popularity of neorealism at the time as he was notable for using many of the techniques listed above when it came to film production, coincidentally he was also the same man who directed “Ladri Di Biciclette”. The neo-realistic approach to the film production in this period was a representation of the real-life issues that the people were dealing with such as desperation, injustice, oppression and poverty. The change in the mental and psychological mind state of the country was triggered by these problems that had taken place during the previous years and also showed the everyday lives of the residents who for the most part were living in near-dire conditions. The setting