Bicycle Thieves: A Video Essay

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On first episode we will talk about the Italian Neorealism masterpiece, Bicycle Thieves (1948).
Melbourne Cinematheque has recently run a mini retrospective on the Italian maestro De Sica which gave me the inspiration for this episode.

Here are the topics and their time codes of what we discuss:

1. The History (00:40)

• A history of the film and how the reality of life post world war II led to create a new movement in cinema known as Italian Neorealism.
• The Movement (2:20): Italian Neorealism characteristics

2. The Vision (03:46)

• The Vision of the creators behind the film, Cesare Zavattini the screenwriter and Vittorio De Sica, the director 2. Vision 3.
• Side by Side Comparison of Hollywood films vs. Neorealism films (4:15)

3. The Story (05:05)

4.
• Production (08:37)
• Visual Style (09:24)
• Finale (11:19)

5. Legacy (12:37)

Further Readings:

Zavattini, 'Some Ideas on the Cinema' article:
http://www.f.waseda.jp/norm/Realism11...
Italian Neorealism:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/s...
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/n...
Iranian new wave and Iranian cinema:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/refra...