... a very simple synopsis, spectators discover the straight revelation of the real, without any filters. It is because all of these features that Andre' Bazin said that Bicycle Thieves is "one of the first examples of pure cinema. No more actors, no more story, no more sets. The perfect aesthetic 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, foll...

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