For example, Carlo Battisti, the actor who portrays the titular character of
De Sica's him Umberto D.
Il viaggio di Vittorio
De Sica, canto del cigno del regista ciociaro, per molti versi illustra in termini emblematici questa deminutio stilistica che il passaggio dalla scrittura su carta alle immagini in movimento talora produce, sia per ragioni interne al medium sia per scelte di regista e sceneggiatori.
De Sica told Sellers that it was the colour of death.
The fine-grained examination of Vittorio
De Sica's career during the Fascist Era is also insightful, as are comparisons between different types on stardom in adaptations of Malombra (1917, 1942).
Vittorio
de Sica's well-known film Ladri di biciclette (1948) is a key part of the Italian neo-realist genre that sparked similar films in Spain.
Vittorio
De Sica's landmark film Ladri di biciclette, whose protagonist attempts desperately to enter the work force, and Maurizio Nichetti's pastiche of
De Sica's film, Ladri di saponette (1989), whose protagonist remains buried beneath a heap of consumer products, serve as convenient cinematic bookends for this period.
These pieces resonate with period Neorealist poverty--think of the films of Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio
De Sica that address the slicer hardship of Italy during the deprivations of World War II and its aftermath.
It is difficult to imagine two narrative features more different than Vittorio
De Sica's neorealist masterwork Bicycle Thieves (1945, Italy) and Steven Spielberg's early blockbuster Jaws (1975, US).
of Economics, Turkey) provides introductory and contextual essays and writes: "[This book] is aimed, as Bazin would want, not only at scholars, teachers, and critics of film but also at educated or cultivated moviegoers and students of the cinema at all levels." Among the directors and films discussed: Vittorio
De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, The Roof, Forbidden Christ, Umberto D., and Senso.
They were Ben Manfred MP (Jack Hawkins), American reporter Tim Collier (Dan Dailey), New York lawyer Jeff Ryder (Richard Conte) and Roman hotelier Ricco Poccari (Vittoria
De Sica).