Bicycle Thieves Blu-Ray **Slightly Damaged Case**
Bicycle Thieves Blu-Ray **Slightly Damaged Case**
Please note this item has no shrinkwrap and there is some minor damage to the blu-ray case. Please see the photos for more information.
Heralded as the greatest film ever made on release, winning an Oscar in 1949 and topping the Sight & Sound film poll in 1952, De Sica's seminal work of Italian neorealism has had an impact on cinema worldwide from release to the present day, with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray and Ken Loach claiming the film as a direct influence on their own.
Bicycle Thieves tells the story of Antonio, a long unemployed man who finally finds employment putting up cinema posters for which he needs a bicycle. His wife pawns all the family linen to redeem the already pawned bicycle and for Antonio salvation has come, until the bicycle is stolen. Antonio and his son take to the streets in a desperate search to find the bicycle. Bicycle Thieves is as much about the position of Italians in post-War, post-Fascist Italy as the relationship between father and son, told through the labyrinth of the cinematic city with De Sica's arresting visual poetry.
Defining neorealism, a small period of filmmaking that focused on simple, humanist stories, Bicycle Thieves was one of the most captivating and moving. Now presented in a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative
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Actors: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Special Features: Feature length audio commentary by Italian cinema expert Robert Gordon, Money Has Been My Ruin - brand new video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns, Indiscretion of an American Film Producer - brand new video essay by film historian Kat Ellinger, Original trailer advertising De Sica's films featuring Bicycle Thieves star Lamberto Maggiorani and Francesco Golisano presenting Miracle in Milan
Release Year: 1948
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Format: Blu-Ray
Label: Arrow Video
Region Coding: Region B
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Case Type: Blu-Ray Case
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Run Time: 89 mins
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Video Format: PAL