Originally posted by MistaMista Tom Hagen: [b]The Bicycle Thief 1948/De Sica
I don't get it. I really don't get it. What could possibly justify this as the 19th greatest film of all time?
2.5/5 [/b]
Just what you don't seem to get. The realistic depiction of real people's every day life. Life as it really was in those post-war times. People fighting for survival without giving up their dignity. Starving and still be honest. But if you don't get it......
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
Just what you don't seem to get. The realistic depiction of real people's every day life. Life as it really was in those post-war times. People fighting for survival without giving up their dignity. Starving and still be honest. But if you don't get it......
