Critical Essay by Eric Rhode
The sentimentality which many critics have felt in Bicycle Thieves arises, I feel, from the unresolved contradictions set up by its two themes. Ostensibly a protest again...
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Critical Essay by Richard Winnington
Bicycle Thieves is a wholly satisfying film in that de Sica has so simplified and mastered the mechanics of the job that nothing stands between you and his intent...
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Rome (dpa) - Italy is guaranteed at least one award at this year's
Berlin Film Festival with the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement
going to Francesco Rosi.
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