Ladri di biciclette [videorecording] = Bicycle thieves / un film P.D.S. - Produzioni De Sica, S.A. ; Soggetto di Cesare Zavattini, tratto dall' omonimo romanzo di Luigi Bartolini ; scenaggiato da Oreste Biancoli ... [et al.] ; fotografia, Carlo Montuori ; regia, Vittorio De Sica.
Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989.; Biancoli, Oreste.; Montuori, Carlo, 1885-1968.; De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.; Maggiorani, Lamberto, 1910-1983.; Staiola, Enzo, 1939-; Carell, Lianella, 1927-2000.; Cicognini, Alessandro.; Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963. Ladri de biciclette.; Produzioni De Sica S.A.; Criterion Collection (Firm); Image Entertainment (Firm)
2007
PN1997 .L337 2007
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Title
Ladri di biciclette [videorecording] = Bicycle thieves / un film P.D.S. - Produzioni De Sica, S.A. ; Soggetto di Cesare Zavattini, tratto dall' omonimo romanzo di Luigi Bartolini ; scenaggiato da Oreste Biancoli ... [et al.] ; fotografia, Carlo Montuori ; regia, Vittorio De Sica.
Uniform Title
Ladri di biciclette (Motion picture)
Edition
Special ed.
ISBN
193412124X
9781934121245
9781934121245
Imprint
[Irvington, N.Y]. : Criterion Collection : Image Entertainment, c2007.
Language
Italian
Language Note
In Italian or dubbed English with optional English subtitles.
Description
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (75 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Other Standard Identifiers
715515022224
Call Number
PN1997 .L337 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.4372
Distributor No.
CC1681D Criterion Collection
Summary
In post-WWII poverty-stricken Rome, a man struggles to earn a living for himself and his family. When his bicycle and main means of transport is stolen, with his young son in tow, he attempts to find the thief.
Note
Based on the novel: Ladri de biciclette by Luigi Bartolini.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
"Restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container.
Special features: "Working with De Sica" featurette with D'Amico, Staiola, and film scholar Callisto Cosulich; "Life as it is: The neorealist movement in Italy," featurette with film scholar Mark Shiel; Documentary by Carlo Lizzani on longtime De Sica collaborator and neorealist Cesare Zavattini.
Program notes on container insert include the following essays : "A passionate commitment to the real" by film critic Godfrey Cheshire, "Ode to the common man" by filmmaker Charles Burnett, "Some ideas on the cinema" by neorealist writer Cesare Zavattini, "Bicycle Thieves" by film critic Andre Bazin, and the following remembrances : "My secret" by director De Sica, "But this is Maria" by actor Carell, "We were always on the street" by Luisa Alessandri, "The smallest detail" by Sergio Leone, "Many friends, much noise" by Manuel De Sica, "Money kills the imagination" by Maria Mercader.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
"Restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container.
Special features: "Working with De Sica" featurette with D'Amico, Staiola, and film scholar Callisto Cosulich; "Life as it is: The neorealist movement in Italy," featurette with film scholar Mark Shiel; Documentary by Carlo Lizzani on longtime De Sica collaborator and neorealist Cesare Zavattini.
Program notes on container insert include the following essays : "A passionate commitment to the real" by film critic Godfrey Cheshire, "Ode to the common man" by filmmaker Charles Burnett, "Some ideas on the cinema" by neorealist writer Cesare Zavattini, "Bicycle Thieves" by film critic Andre Bazin, and the following remembrances : "My secret" by director De Sica, "But this is Maria" by actor Carell, "We were always on the street" by Luisa Alessandri, "The smallest detail" by Sergio Leone, "Many friends, much noise" by Manuel De Sica, "Money kills the imagination" by Maria Mercader.
Credits
Fotografia [= cinematography], Carlo Montuori ; scenografo [= art director], Antonio Traverso ; montaggio [= editor], Eraldo Da Roma ; musiche del maestro [= music], Alessandro Cicognini.
Performer
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell.
Cast
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell.
Audience
Not rated.
System Details Note
DVD; region 1, NTSC; (1:33:1) presentation; Dolby digital 1.0 mono.
Awards
Winner, Honorary Academy Award for most outstanding foreign film released in the United States in 1949 ; Winner, Best Foreign Film, 1950 Golden Globes ; Winner, Best Film from Any Source, 1950 BAFTA Awards ; Winner, 1949 National Board of Review, USA, Best Director (Vittorio de Sica), Best Film.
Added Author
Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989.
Biancoli, Oreste.
Montuori, Carlo, 1885-1968.
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.
Maggiorani, Lamberto, 1910-1983.
Staiola, Enzo, 1939-
Carell, Lianella, 1927-2000.
Cicognini, Alessandro.
Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963. Ladri de biciclette.
Biancoli, Oreste.
Montuori, Carlo, 1885-1968.
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.
Maggiorani, Lamberto, 1910-1983.
Staiola, Enzo, 1939-
Carell, Lianella, 1927-2000.
Cicognini, Alessandro.
Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963. Ladri de biciclette.
Added Corporate Author
Produzioni De Sica S.A.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 374.
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Table of Contents
Disc 2, the supplements. "Working with De Sica (23 min.)
Life as it is : the neorealist movement in Italy (40 min.)
Cesare Zavattini (56 min.).
Life as it is : the neorealist movement in Italy (40 min.)
Cesare Zavattini (56 min.).