... illusion of reality." The film portrays an odyssey through Rome by Antonio Ricci: thanks to Zavattini's theory of "pedinamento" - the following of someone - the audience is conscious of what the character in the film is doing at all times. The aim is to let the images speak for themselves, following the slow and fatigued step of the working class man: with ... this technique we follow character's situations and state of mind step by step. Throughout this long itinerary, bicycles (the main symbol) cross the whole story, they appear and disappear: the bicycle represents the chance for ......

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• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Graduate