Title:
Bicycle thieves Ladri de biciclette
ISBN:
9781934121245
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Information:
Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection ; Santa Monica, Calif. : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2007]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
Special features: Restored high-definition digital transfer; "Working with De Sica": a collection of new interviews with screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, actor Enzo Staiola, and film scholar Callisto Cosulich; "Life as it is": new program on the history of Italian neorealism in cinema, with scholar Mark Shiel; documentary on screenwriter and longtime Vittorio De Sica collaborator Cesare Zavattini, directed by Carlo Lizzani.
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Genre:
Summary:
In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation to work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief.
System Details:
DVD, FULL SCREEN (1.33:1) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL 1.0 MONO., DUAL-LAYER, DVD-9, HIGH-DEFINITION TRANSFER.
Language Note:
ITALIAN DIALOGUE WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH DUBBED SOUNDTRACK, ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
