Ladri di biciclette

More than 60 years later, the Italian film hasn't lost its dramatic pull.

If film means anything to you, you've at least heard of the Italian neorealist classic "The Bicycle Thief," in its time, as the Village Voice's J. Hoberman has written, "surely the most universally praised movie produced anywhere on planet Earth." But even if you watched it way back in the day, it's likely been decades since you've seen it. Directed by Vittorio De Sica and first released in the U.S. in 1949, "Bicycle Thief" has become one of those venerable masterpieces that people pay lip service to but never revisit out of fear that it has somehow become dated. [...]

di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (5011 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 8 gennaio 2010