| Edition |
Special ed. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (75 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 374 |
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Criterion collection ; 374.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1:33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono. |
| Language |
Italian or dubbed English dialogue, optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, Elena Altieri. |
| Credits |
Fotografia [= cinematography], Carlo Montuori ; scenografo [= art director], Antonio Traverso ; montaggio [= editor], Eraldo Da Roma ; musiche del maestro [= music], Alessandro Cicognini. |
| Note |
Based on the novel: Ladri de biciclette by Luigi Bartolini. |
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Title on spine of accompanying guide: On Bicycle thieves. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. |
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Program notes in container insert (print guide) 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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Contents |
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.). |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Italy -- Rome -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
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Unemployed -- Italy -- Rome -- 1945- -- Drama.
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Bicycles -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
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Bicycle theft -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
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Thieves -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
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Rome (Italy) -- Drama.
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Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1945- -- Drama.
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Rome (Italy) -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Drama.
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Rome (Italy) -- Economic conditions -- 1945- -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures, Italian.
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| Added Author |
Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989. Screenwriter.
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Biancoli, Oreste. Screenwriter.
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Montuori, Carlo, 1885-1968. Screenwriter.
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De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974. Screenwriter. Director.
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Maggiorani, Lamberto, 1910-1983. Actor.
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Staiola, Enzo, 1939- Actor.
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Carell, Lianella, 1927-2000. Actor.
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Cicognini, Alessandro. Composer.
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Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963.
Ladri de biciclette.
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Produzioni De Sica S.A.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Bicycle thieves |
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Bicycle thief |
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Ladri di biciclette (Motion picture)
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On Bicycle thieves.
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| ISBN |
193412124X |
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9781934121245 |
| Standard No. |
715515022224 |
| Music No. |
CC1681D Criterion Collection |
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