During the pre-war, films have to help the government in propaganda purpose. Because during that time, the technology unable to let the government pass their message to the mass audiences hence they use films as the tools.
In Mussolini ruling era, films are not allowed to show the reality of the current society's situation to promote the beauty of Italy. At the same time, Italian Film School and Hollywood have established, the young filmmakers want to break against the fascism and produce a moral and an aesthetic cinema.
By 1943, without the controlling by fascism, the filmmakers think that they should eliminate the old cinema and start to focus the reality of the society to confront the audiences who also involve in the same situation.
Italian Neo-Realism has some similarity with Hollywood production such as they follow the three-act structure, hero journey format and features famous stars.
The young filmmakers have set up some principle to conduct the style and content of this film movement.
The films must tally with the ordinary people's life and focus on contemporary social realism which means the particular issue that not happened over one to two day(s). The films should concern about the social's problems such as unemployment and poverty that so common in the post-war period in Italy. Use non-professional actors to bring the realism on dialogue, body language to make them become more natural. The production stage should proceed out of the studio which means preferred location shooting. Shooting in outdoor able to shoot under the natural light and using observation to produce documentary's style of shooting.
Neo-Realism became a unique film movement as the sound equipment was rare at that time so they need to arrange the mise-en-scene by shooting on actual locales. Plus, they required for realism hence they often need to shoot on streets or in buildings and this caused the Italian camera operators expert at cinematography to avoid three-point lighting. The filmmakers start to work in a smaller team to move the camera freely.
The narrative form of the Neo-Realism film has a huge differ from the earliest films. In the old films, the endings usually are not a happy ending but in Neo-Realism, the endings often are unknown although the contents of the films are related to poverty and unemployed issues. The narrative style is matched with our reality life as our future is an unknown.
'Bicycle Thieves' is about Antonio Ricci gets a job offering which is posting advertisement poster in the city area but it requires a bicycle. His wife, Maria sells all of the bed sheets to the pawn shop to redeem Antonio's bicycle. Unfortunately, Antonio's bicycle steal by a young man. Antonio unable to chase the young man and go to report to the police. On the next day, Antonio brings his son, Bruno, along and find the bicycle with his friends. They meet a lot of trouble in their journey but still unable to find the bicycle. In the last part of the film, Antonio asks Bruno meet him at Monte Sacro by taking the public transport. Antonio steals other's bicycle but knocked down by the crowd. Bruno missed the public transport and he runs towards to his father. The owner of the bicycle let Antonio go because of Bruno. Antonio and Bruno walk towards the crowd as the ending of the film.
'Bicycle Thieves' has all of the features which matched with Italian Neo-Realism film movement. Firstly, the mise-en-scene of the film was adapted from the actual post-war location which in the beginning of the film where Maria carrying the water from a well.
It has shown the poverty in the post-war period, men are desperate to find a job while the women carry the water from a well which located far away from their home to take care of their family. Everyone are urgent need the money as there are always having a long line at the pawn shop to use their stuff to exchange money. Next, we can see that some of the innocent people will believe in seer to determine their future. I think that the filmmakers are trying to mock the people who willing to spend their money on the seer but not to use the money wisely.
On top of that, the using of the non-professional actor makes the film more realistic as Antonio perfectly brings out the feel of a working man struggles in the hardships in his life and try to make his family have a better life. Because of the nonactors do not how to act, hence the dialogue, accent, body language are familiar with the audiences.
Last but not least, the ending of the film is unknown as Antonio and his son walk towards the crowd does not reflect anything in their future. It may causes the audiences to think about it. Will they manage find the bicycle? Or Antonio's friends found the bicycle? Or Antonio wll lose his job?
Neo-Realism became a unique film movement as the sound equipment was rare at that time so they need to arrange the mise-en-scene by shooting on actual locales. Plus, they required for realism hence they often need to shoot on streets or in buildings and this caused the Italian camera operators expert at cinematography to avoid three-point lighting. The filmmakers start to work in a smaller team to move the camera freely.
The narrative form of the Neo-Realism film has a huge differ from the earliest films. In the old films, the endings usually are not a happy ending but in Neo-Realism, the endings often are unknown although the contents of the films are related to poverty and unemployed issues. The narrative style is matched with our reality life as our future is an unknown.
'Bicycle Thieves' is about Antonio Ricci gets a job offering which is posting advertisement poster in the city area but it requires a bicycle. His wife, Maria sells all of the bed sheets to the pawn shop to redeem Antonio's bicycle. Unfortunately, Antonio's bicycle steal by a young man. Antonio unable to chase the young man and go to report to the police. On the next day, Antonio brings his son, Bruno, along and find the bicycle with his friends. They meet a lot of trouble in their journey but still unable to find the bicycle. In the last part of the film, Antonio asks Bruno meet him at Monte Sacro by taking the public transport. Antonio steals other's bicycle but knocked down by the crowd. Bruno missed the public transport and he runs towards to his father. The owner of the bicycle let Antonio go because of Bruno. Antonio and Bruno walk towards the crowd as the ending of the film.
'Bicycle Thieves' has all of the features which matched with Italian Neo-Realism film movement. Firstly, the mise-en-scene of the film was adapted from the actual post-war location which in the beginning of the film where Maria carrying the water from a well.
It has shown the poverty in the post-war period, men are desperate to find a job while the women carry the water from a well which located far away from their home to take care of their family. Everyone are urgent need the money as there are always having a long line at the pawn shop to use their stuff to exchange money. Next, we can see that some of the innocent people will believe in seer to determine their future. I think that the filmmakers are trying to mock the people who willing to spend their money on the seer but not to use the money wisely.
On top of that, the using of the non-professional actor makes the film more realistic as Antonio perfectly brings out the feel of a working man struggles in the hardships in his life and try to make his family have a better life. Because of the nonactors do not how to act, hence the dialogue, accent, body language are familiar with the audiences.
Last but not least, the ending of the film is unknown as Antonio and his son walk towards the crowd does not reflect anything in their future. It may causes the audiences to think about it. Will they manage find the bicycle? Or Antonio's friends found the bicycle? Or Antonio wll lose his job?
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