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Vittorio.De.Sica.Umberto.D.1952.DVDR.DVD9.CRiTERiON | posted in a.b.d.criterion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045274/
Top 250: #184
http://www.criterion.com/films/371
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/292
Shot on location with a cast of nonprofessional actors, Vittorio De Sica's neorealist masterpiece follows
Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic boom.
Alone except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city
where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization. Umberto's simple
quest to fulfill the most fundamental human needs -- food, shelter, companionship -- is one of the most
heartbreaking stories ever filmed and an essential classic of world cinema.
2.
Vittorio.De.Sica.Indiscretions.Terminal.Station.1953.DVDR.DVD9.CRiTERiON | posted in a.b.d.criterion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046366/
http://www.criterion.com/films/586
An American housewife (Jennifer Jones) vacationing in Italy reluctantly decides to put an end to her brief
collaboration between director Vittorio De Sica and producer David O. Selznick resulted in two cuts of the
disappointing previews, Selznick severely re-edited it and changed the title to Indiscretion of an American
controversial release.
3.
Vittorio.De.Sica.The.Children.Are.Watching.Us.1944.DVDR.DVD9.CRiTERiON | posted in a.b.d.criterion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034493/
http://www.criterion.com/films/772
In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica
work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply
4.
Vittorio.De.Sica.Shoeshine.1946.DVDR.DVD9.MoC-33 | posted in a.b.d.classics
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038913/
http://eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/shoeshine/
Shoeshine was filmed on location in postwar Rome using non-professional actors. It was inspired by the real
stories of those struggling to overcome the oppressive forces of a corrupt and ineffective political system.
Shoeshine is widely regarded as one of the finest films to have emerged from the Italian neorealist cinema.
It was also the first foreign film to receive an Oscar. 'The high quality of this motion picture,' noted the
Academy, 'brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative
spirit can triumph over adversity.' On the film's 60th anniversary, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to
present Shoeshine for the first time on DVD in the UK.
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Vittorio.De.Sica.Bicycle.Thieves.1948.DVDR.2DiSC.D1.DVD9.CRiTERiON | posted in a.b.d.criterion
Vittorio.De.Sica.Bicycle.Thieves.1948.DVDR.2DiSC.D2.DVD9.CRiTERiON | posted in a.b.d.criterion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/
Top 250: #93
http://www.criterion.com/films/210
Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, Vittorio De Sica's Academy Award winning
Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) defined an era in cinema. In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man,
hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle, his main means of transportation
for work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief. Simple in construction
and dazzlingly rich in human insight, Bicycle Thieves embodied all the greatest strengths of the neorealist
film movement in Italy: emotional clarity, social righteousness, and brutal honesty.
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Italian Neorealism:
The neorealist movement began in Italy at the end of World War II as an urgent response to the political
turmoil and desperate economic conditions afflicting the country. Directors such as Roberto Rossellini,
Vittorio De Sica, and Luchino Visconti took up cameras to focus on lower-class characters and their concerns,
using nonprofessional actors, outdoor shooting, (necessarily) very small budgets, and a realist aesthetic.
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If you're De Sica virgin and actually wanna learn something:
-- start with a documentary 'Life As It Is: The Neorealist Movement in Italy'. It's on the 2nd disc of
'Bicycle Thieves';
-- continue with 'Umberto D.';
-- proceed to 'The Bicycle Thieves';
-- then choose your own way.
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