Star power comes to Venice Aug 29, 2008
The day's other major highlight was the afternoon screening of Vittorio De Sica's 1948 classic "The Bicycle Thief," which premiered in its newly refurbished format ... The day's other major highlight was the afternoon screening of Vittorio De Sica's 1948 classic "The Bicycle Thief," which premiered in its newly refurbished format. (Hollywood Reporter)
High school or the movies? Dad makes a deal Aug 6, 2008
They sampled foreign-language masters (La Dolce Vita, The Bicycle Thief). The Film Club lasted a bit more than three years, until Jesse was 19. (MSNBC -- News)
Cannes 2008: James Gray Q&A May 29, 2008
I hadn't thought of the French New Wave but I had thought of Italian movies, especially Two Women (1960), or films that are very simple and bare like The Bicycle Thief. Two Women was really the movie I thought about. (IGN FilmForce)
Hey, kids! Subtitles! Apr 13, 2008
I'm the first to admit that anyone who screens the 1948 neo-realist classic "The Bicycle Thief" for a small child deserves a visit from the Social Services van. And yet. (Boston Globe)
The Reel Queens: 'Chop Shop' a moving tale of youth, poverty in boro Mar 15, 2008
Much like his previous film "Man Push Cart," the 2006 tale of a Pakistani street vendor from Manhattan that bore some similarities to "The Bicycle Thief," Bahrani's latest is cinematically rewarding, albeit emotionally punishing. With its lack of scripted dialogue and visual realism, unaware moviegoers could mistake "Chop Shop" for a documentary, despite the filmmaker's questionable choice of not explaining the complete absence of Ale and Isamar's parental units. (Bayside Times, NY)
Italy names 100 film treasures Mar 1, 2008
Besides shoo-ins such as Federico Fellini's "La dolce vita," Roberto Rossellini's "Rome, Open City," Vittorio De Sica's "The Bicycle Thief" and Gillo Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers," the list includes less-conventional entries such as Marco Ferreri's "The Ape Woman" about a woman affected with hypertrichosis. As far asnumber of films, Fellini leads the list with seven, followed by Luchino Visconti with six, and De Sica, Francesco Rosi and Mario Monicelli with five works each. (Variety)
Charlie Brooker Jan 26, 2008
We're gonna be like The Bicycle Thief of television. "When he says that, everybody laughs, Pierce included. Partly because the tongue-in-cheek way he says it is just naturally funny. But also because it's true.A few key characters The Wire has tons of brilliant characters. Here are just a few of them.Omar LittlePlayed by Michael K WilliamsIf The Wire is a cult, Omar Little is a cult within a cult. The laconic stick-up man is one of the show's most popular characters, especially amongst its... (Guardian Unlimited)
Lifelong film fan sees to it that stars are reborn Jul 26, 2007
"It catered to a virtually all-male clientele with action films and thrillers, but it was run by a guy named Arthur Mayer, who also brought 'The Bicycle Thief' and other neo-realist films into this country," Goldstein said. "I like that he did action films and 'The Bicycle Thief' at the same time, because that's what we do. "I also like multiple meanings," he said. "'Rialto' alludes to Italy, to Shakespeare ["what's new on the rialto?"], and Variety uses it as a synonym for Broadway. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Local chefs critique 'Ratatouille' Jul 2, 2007
I loved the restaurant scene in "The Bicycle Thief" when the little boy was eating mozzarella in carozza and looked over and saw that rich kid. But I despised "Big Night." It was demeaning. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ocean's Thirteen: These mechanics sure know how to blow a roll Jun 18, 2007
Let's talk about Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief. I think what's great about The Bicycle Thief is that it's realistic. (National Post)
'Scotsman' takes cycling to an extreme May 4, 2007
"Breaking Away " is probably the champ, followed by "American Flyers, " the hilariously awful Kevin Bacon bike-messenger movie "Quicksilver ," and then we're already into "The Bicycle Thief " and "Pee-wee's Big Adventure ." It's a small pack, and "The Flying Scotsman" rides close to the front by default. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
The Ross Is Among National Venues Chosen To Screen African-American Classic Apr 22, 2007
With a mostly amateur cast (consisting of Burnett's friends and acquaintances), much handheld camera work, episodic narrative and gritty documentary-style cinematography, Killer of Sheep has been compared by film critics and scholars to Italian neorealist films like Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief and Roberto Rossellini's Paisan. However, Burnett cites Basil Wright's Songs of Ceylon and Night Mail and Jean Renoir's The Southerner as his main influences. (Nebraska Statepaper)
Teens' short films are tiny, tasty Mar 25, 2007
This year's program opens Thursday at 7:45 p.m. with Turkey's entry to this year's Academy Awards, "Ice Cream, I Scream," said to be a zany reworking of "The Bicycle Thief." An opening night reception follows. The first Boston Turkish Film Festival Award for Excellence in Turkish Cinema will be presented to director Zeki Demirkubuz before the North America n premiere of his new film "Destiny," about the dark side of unrequited love. (Boston Globe)
New on DVD Mar 2, 2007
Back story: Now given a more precise titular translation, director Vittorio De Sica's masterpiece formerly known as The Bicycle Thief was on every list of the 10 best movies ever when I was a kid. Holding up exquisitely, it's a postwar Roman odyssey involving a father (Lamberto Maggiorani) and young son (Enzo Staiola) after dad's bike is swiped; what happens then gives the film its power. (USA Today -- Life)
