From the children in "The Child is Watching Us" and "Shoe Shine Boy", to the father and son in "The Bicycle Thief", to the old man in "Umberto D", Desika's new Realism is a history of the spiritual growth of Italians after the war. But in fact, no matter which group the camera is aimed at, the problems reflected by these groups are not unique to them, but are faced by every Italian. Desica sees through the individual the whole society in reality. Turbulence and anxiety. Therefore, fictional movies have a deeper reality than real news reports.
Umberto had no money to pay the rent and was sick in bed, and the landlady who wanted to drive him out sang and danced in the next room and thought she was elegant. On one side was D's sweaty forehead, and the background sound was the singing next door, the false ugliness of the so-called "high society" Full show. The true meaning of nobility is to have sincere and equal respect and love for all people. Desika is obviously one.
After the maid woke up, cleaning the room, making a fire, cooking, and standing in front of the window, the long shot was appreciated by Bazin. A passage that did not help the narrative, but brewing people’s taste for life itself, took the audience from the previous series of contradictory events (the maid’s pregnancy). But I don’t know who’s it. D has no money to pay the rent and has to sell his beloved book, and the landlord establishes a vulgar, rude and bossy image). The dramatic situation caused by it is passed back to reality, so that our mood can be calmed down, and then watch the movie. How will it express the life of the next day.
Desica is one of the neo-realists who use more professional actors, so the texture of the film is thicker, but what is more prominent is his ability to guide non-professional actors, and the non-professional actors in his films can show them well. The temperament consistent with the film is impressive. For example, D in this film is a university professor, which well conveys the helplessness of the intellectuals in their years, and makes people lament the unfair treatment he has received.
"What's the matter with you, Mr. Umberto?" "I'm tired."
After the conversation, he opened the window and looked at the tram downstairs, thought of suicide, took the box and left.
What kind of courage and courage should Desika use to add an open ending to this film? This is undoubtedly a perfect fit for the characteristics of neo-realism, but let alone that people who have watched this film go against their disgust with the beautiful ending of Hollywood routines and hope to give the old man a home and shoot this film. How can the people of the film not be moved by such a story? ——The old man is too lonely and helpless, and the movie is too bleak and miserable.
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