Bicycle Thieves

portray the theme of childhood. Two Italian films set in the 40’s, The Children Are Watching Us (Vittorio De Sica, 1944) and Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948), exemplify this topic. The films focus on a parent’s relationship with his/her child and portray recurring symbols and themes such as child abandonment. Although both sets of parents in The Children and Bicycle Thieves show signs of loving their child unconditionally, they also portray an image of child neglect. Antonio uses…

propagandistic cinematic traditions that had dominated the Italian film industry under Mussolini’s fascist rule. This movement ‘saw several filmmakers aiming to reveal contemporary social conditions’ (Bordwell and Thompson, 2012: 483 – 484) and in Bicycle Thieves (1948) specifically, De Sica focuses on the issue of the rising unemployment and poverty in post-war Italy. Neo-realism was accompanied by a distinctive style, a set of techniques and design choices that were consistent across the films…

very important opinion of Italian neorealism because truth makes a film realistic. This can be seen through the truth of the characters, lighting, location, decoration, and camera angles and editing. The storyline being as simple as the search for a bicycle. Likewise, the actual characters in the film are everyday normal people. The character of Ricci was found in the factory and never been an actor before. the locations and decoration are real and not built-up or made-up. The use of relaxed…

society, these changes were also effecting the world of cinema. Filmmakers used cinema to spread messages and portray real life problems. A great example of how cinema used neorealism to spread message is through the movie The Bicycle Thieves.…

Money isn’t the world in “Civil Peace” When a person has an enormous amount of money, do they have true friends or are they fake friends? Many people decide to want to be friends with a prosperous person in order to obtain money from them; however, others use wealthy people so they will be given gifts. It is typical of others to be envious and want things that others can't have. Wealthy people are often betray by other people which is sad and is disappointing to see others being used…

The Bicycle Thief, first released in 1948, follows Antonio Ricci in a post-World War II Rome as he desperately tries to make a living for himself and his family. Antonio finds work hanging posters in the city, under the condition that he has a bicycle. Whilst on the job Antonio’s bicycle is stolen and so Antonio and his 7-year-old son Bruno set out to find in a fit of desperation. Eventually, believing that he has no other choice, Antonio tries to steal a bicycle for himself. He fails and the…

as movie goers can hear the sounds and see from where the sounds come from. For instance, when the thieve stoles Antonio’s bicycle, it all occurs on the street, so the sound of cars driving by, the wind, car’s honking, and people walking on the sidewalk are clear sounds that are picture on the scene. Another example, is when Antonio, his son, and his friends go to the market to find Antonio’s bicycle, the sounds of people talking, buying and selling stuff, people walking…

decay of Italy’s youth is addressed through the story of the kids accused of stealing and then try escaping for a juvenile reform camp. An even more telling example is the Bicycle Thieves (1948), which addresses the post-WWII realities of the working class poor in Italy. Ricci and his family’s financial stability rely on his bicycle which he had pawned in order to pay for bills, upon returning to exchange sheets, some of his…

Dr. David Grusky, poverty expert, at Stanford University, discuss the “one big thing” he believes that if changed about American society would fundamentally reduce childhood poverty; His “One big change” to reduce it would be to have everyone live together no matter how rich and poor. In order words, to have no segregation within the communities. However, I don’t believe that this “one big idea” would work due to the fact that if this were to really happen. A lot of people would be living beyond…

different turn than that of De Sica’s Bruno and Antonio. Zahed acts as the active thief (Antonio) and Gol-Ghotai as his accomplice (Bruno). Aided by Gol-Ghotai’s screaming “thief!”, Zahed is quickly swarmed and apprehended for this theft. Unlike in Bicycle Thieves, however, Zahed is not liberated out of pity and responsibility to his dependent sister, serving as an analogous relationship to that of Antonio and his son Bruno. Instead, Zahed alone is arrested, leaving Gol-Ghotai behind. Despite…