Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Bicycle Thief' - NYTimes.com/Video

[hiimrv]

literally the second i finished this movie i screamed "WHAT?" and then spent the next minute or so screaming into a pillow. sigh unhappy endings. :(

[lukebccb]

Should also see De Sica's "Sciuscià'" ("Shoeshine"). That movie will bring you to tears, particularly the ending.

[JoaoBirkhoff886]

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[hoshikonene]

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[VIRIATO1942]

Italian Cinema was probably the best in Europe in the late 40's and 50's. Neo-Realism was touching -- occasionally funny --, but it was not uncommon for someone watching one of those great Italian movies feel very strong emotions raging from anger to crying. The artists were good, the producers were good, the stories were always touching. I gew up with Italian movies and songs and when I listen to or watch them I feel very nostalgic about a time few remember any more..

[MrLonlie]

This review is misleading.

You definitely don't feel any sense of hope in the end.

There's no real sense of closure.

We'd be lied to by feeling a sense of hope given the context.

And the father tries to steal a bike in the end and gets caught, all in front of his own son.

He's left with practically no form of morality, but just a broken and jobless man.

[sweetredredwine]

@MrLonlie Come on, there's always hope: maybe he could move out to Ladispoli like we did! ;-)

[matteoprez]

@MrLonlie hmmm, I disagree. The end's message is not a positive one, but not that negative. All he's left with isn't that bad. He's got his son with him, on his side.

[matais1]

@MrLonlie he's left with lots of morality maybe you should google "Morality".

[matrox]

I don't ussually do foriegn films beause they boring. I rented this from Netflix and it made me a believer. It makes you see how other people made it to survive.

[Kazanlives]

Chef-d’œuvre du cinéma. De Sica achieves greatness of pathos

with economy of means and simplicity, like Bach. Like no other film maker. La cumbre del cine, cuya misión es despertarnos del letargo cultural.

[asdicarlo]

there are countless messages in this early film that could not be portrayed so eloquently today; startling how it holds up so phenomenally, undoubtedly eliciting collective nods in regards to what has happened socially and economically since those times. it is fortunate that art this good can be captured through such a raw lens.

[bonele]

search "l'imperatore di roma" by nico d'alessandria, the last neorealism film, amazing

[Verabadthings]

Very nice review for a very sad film.

[cai1213]

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[proff1999]

Nice review.

[Teigen64]

I had this recently on Netflix but I couldn't get into it. The neo-realism was cool but I just couldn't stay focused on this poor guy who has had his bicycle stolen. He wound up stealing someone else's bicycle. I guess that I just missed the point.

[Xalira06]

I know, Neo-realism can tear your heart apart because of the sadness of the stories :( If you want try to see "Roma città aperta" (Rome, open city), maybe you'll appreciate it better. Just avoid Sciuscià (Shoeshine) or Germania anno zero (Germany year zero); those are REAL tragedies without any light of hope :/

[aokjunebug91]

Yes, you did.