Film Analysis: The Bicycle Thief Just after the end of World War I “the problem of finance … encouraged filmmakers to create a kind of movie that would no longer be dependent on fiction and on invented themes … but would draw on the reality of everyday life” (Beaver 256). - Victorio De Sica This statement by director/actor Victorio De Sica exemplifies typical Italian neorealist mentality. In 1948 De Sica collaborates with screenwriter and theoretical founder of neorealism, …showed first 75 words of 1731 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1731 total…theme is portrayed through cinematic effects and storytelling preferences of the director, Victorio De Sica. Culture and society influence The Bicycle Thief, but given that movies are viewed by society, even if only by small numbers, then this above trend is more of a cycle where movies also influence culture. Work Cited 1. Beaver, Frank. Dictionary of Film Terms, Twayne Publishers. 1994. 2. Cook, David A. A History of Narrative Film 3rd ed., W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1996.