Ladri di biciclette = : Bicycle thieves
In post-WWII poverty-stricken Rome, a man struggles to earn a living for himself and his family. When his bicycle and main means of transport is stolen, with his young son in tow, he attempts to find the thief.
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| Italian Language Films. Poverty > Italy > Rome > Psychological aspects > Drama. Unemployed > Italy > Rome > 1945- > Drama. Bicycles > Italy > Rome > Drama. Bicycle theft > Italy > Rome > Drama. Thieves > Italy > Rome > Drama. Fathers and sons > Italy > Rome > Drama. Rome (Italy) > Drama. Rome (Italy) > History > 1945- > Drama. Rome (Italy) > Social conditions > 1945- > Drama. Rome (Italy) > Economic conditions > 1945- > Drama. Foreign films. |
- ISBN: 193412124X
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Physical Description
videodisc
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (75 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). - Edition Special ed.
- Publisher [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
- Copyright ©2007
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Based on the novel: Ladri de biciclette by Luigi Bartolini. "Restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container. "Under exclusive license from Image Entertainment"--Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Special features: "Working with De Sica" featurette, a collection of new interviews with screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, actor Enzo Staiola, and film scholar Callisto Cosulich; "Life as it is: The neorealist movement in Italy," featurette, a new program on the history of Italian neorealism in cinema, with film scholar Mark Shiel; Documentary by Carlo Lizzani on longtime De Sica collaborator and neorealist Cesare Zavattini. Program notes on container insert include the following essays : "A passionate commitment to the real" by film critic Godfrey Cheshire, "Ode to the common man" by filmmaker Charles Burnett, "Some ideas on the cinema" by neorealist writer Cesare Zavattini, "Bicycle Thieves" by film critic Andre Bazin, and the following remembrances : "My secret" by director De Sica, "But this is Maria" by actor Carell, "We were always on the street" by Luisa Alessandri, "The smallest detail" by Sergio Leone, "Many friends, much noise" by Manuel De Sica, "Money kills the imagination" by Maria Mercader. GMD: videodisc. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 2, the supplements. "Working with De Sica (23 min.) -- Life as it is : the neorealist movement in Italy (40 min.) -- Cesare Zavattini (56 min.). |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Fotografia [= cinematography], Carlo Montuori ; scenografo [= art director], Antonio Traverso ; montaggio [= editor], Eraldo Da Roma ; musiche del maestro [= music], Alessandro Cicognini. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, Elena Altieri. |
| Target Audience Note: | Not rated. |
| System Details Note: | DVD; region 1, NTSC; (1:33:1) presentation; Dolby digital 1.0 mono. |
| Language Note: | In Italian or dubbed English with optional English subtitles. |
| Awards Note: | Winner, Honorary Academy Award for most outstanding foreign film released in the United States in 1949 ; Winner, Best Foreign Film, 1950 Golden Globes ; Winner, Best Film from Any Source, 1950 BAFTA Awards ; Winner, 1949 National Board of Review, USA, Best Director (Vittorio de Sica), Best Film. |