Italian Neorealism Bicycle Thieves

Neorealismo also known as the golden age is a national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class filmed on location frequently using non professional actors italian neorealism films mostly contend with the difficult economic and moral conditions of post world war ii italy representing changes in the italian psyche and.

Italian neorealism bicycle thieves. Cesare zavattini from the novel by luigi bartolini 1 director of photography. Neorealism was an influential and significant movement in film history which took place in italy at the ending of world war ii. Bicycle thieves is one of the examples of italian neorealism cinema. Hollywood funding had been available for the film if de sica had agreed to cast cary grant in the lead thankfully he refused.

Alessandro cicognini editing. The way he moved the way he sat down his gestures with those hands of a working man and not of an actor everything about him was perfect. Italy moved from fascism and dictatorship whereby much was revolved around a single party state seen in world war i to an equal and democratic society. Already massively influential bicycle thieves grows in stature as the years go by its effect seen across so much modern realist cinema.

De sica hoped to expose the physical hunger and spiritual despair that was felt as it was a common feeling among people all over the world. 1948 running time. Neorealistic films like the bicycle thief dealt with the accurate social political and economic situation italians were facing at the time as well as the realistic treatment of their citizens. Carlo montuori decor.

It s bicycle thieves ladri di biciclette in italian not only because more than one bike is stolen but also because the cruelty of modern life threatens to make robbers of us all. De sica s bicycle thieves demonstrates a pure vision of neorealism making each event as objective as possible reinforcing the meaningfulness of reality and reproducing it at exceptional degrees. This movie portrays the hardships of a normal working class man named ricci to find his stolen bicycle. Wanting to portray the poverty and.

By naming the brand name of the films bicycle fides which in italian means faith and having it stolen he is explaining that the faith of the. De sica had just made shoeshine 1946 but was unable to get financial backing from any major studio for the film so he raised the money himself from friends. He has no other choice. This change in society brought about characteristics and principles which became noticeable in cinema during this time period.

For the adult star of bicycle thieves de sica chose a factory worker lamberto maggiorani. Bicycle thieves is the best known work of italian neorealism the movement that formally began with roberto rossellini s rome open city 1945 and aimed to give cinema a new degree of realism. Vittorio de sica screenplay. Another major feature of neorealism is the use of nonprofessionals even in leading roles.

Antonio traverso music.