Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
Ladri di biciclette directed by Vittorio de Sica in 1948 is one of the best white and black movies ever. It won the BAFTA as best movie of any source and others 14 prices.
In 1949 won the Silver Ribbon as Best Movie, Best Cinematographie, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Score at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.
The story is pretty simple. Is about a guy who was stole his bike and he needs the bike to work and he decide to try to find it with his son and the both start a journey of two days.
Whenever I watch this movie I feel I looking at Tumblr. The precision of the shots are impressive. I remember a scene when Antonio Ricci is ridding the bike around with Maria Ricci sitting in the handlebar and the other riders are passing around them. The architecture of Roma helps a lot in the landscapes and the background of the shoot.
They respect the costumes a lot two. You could easily observe in the shoot of the restaurant when Antonio and his son, Bruno Ricci, are eating and his clothes are quite different then the clouds of the high class people who are eating in the table of the left.
Is really interesting how they expose you such a hard situation. Whenever Italy was in a huge economic recession and people where looking for jobs, try to bring some food to them families but everything was really unfair for people who where low class had it harder then others. Just like 2013 but in black and white.
How I could see this? Well, every shot of the movie expose the situation in a subtle way. For example in the first scene when more the 40 people are looking for one job or when Antonio looks for Maria to give the good news and the is cleaning the cloths with others 15 woman and they are talking together (screaming as every single Italian I have known). When they start walk, Maria is bringing too buckets of water.
The director gives you a constant feel of struggle in the movie. You can tell how necessary the bike is, not
Ladri di biciclette directed by Vittorio de Sica in 1948 is one of the best white and black movies ever. It won the BAFTA as best movie of any source and others 14 prices.
In 1949 won the Silver Ribbon as Best Movie, Best Cinematographie, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Score at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.
The story is pretty simple. Is about a guy who was stole his bike and he needs the bike to work and he decide to try to find it with his son and the both start a journey of two days.
Whenever I watch this movie I feel I looking at Tumblr. The precision of the shots are impressive. I remember a scene when Antonio Ricci is ridding the bike around with Maria Ricci sitting in the handlebar and the other riders are passing around them. The architecture of Roma helps a lot in the landscapes and the background of the shoot.
They respect the costumes a lot two. You could easily observe in the shoot of the restaurant when Antonio and his son, Bruno Ricci, are eating and his clothes are quite different then the clouds of the high class people who are eating in the table of the left.
Is really interesting how they expose you such a hard situation. Whenever Italy was in a huge economic recession and people where looking for jobs, try to bring some food to them families but everything was really unfair for people who where low class had it harder then others. Just like 2013 but in black and white.
How I could see this? Well, every shot of the movie expose the situation in a subtle way. For example in the first scene when more the 40 people are looking for one job or when Antonio looks for Maria to give the good news and the is cleaning the cloths with others 15 woman and they are talking together (screaming as every single Italian I have known). When they start walk, Maria is bringing too buckets of water.
The director gives you a constant feel of struggle in the movie. You can tell how necessary the bike is, not