Desperate life, desperate society

Arvid 2022-03-20 09:01:34

Plain and simple narrative techniques, the director's personal emotions are not inserted into the camera, and the father's struggle in society is viewed with a cold eye, which makes the viewers feel pity, and makes the emotions appear naturally, silently metaphorizing the director's influence on the lives of the people at the bottom. Humane care. The looming light and dark light records the face of the times, and also reflects the inversion of black and white in the society at that time. "Don't take evil for small things." One evil act is enough to put an end to a family's livelihood. With a simple story, a ruthless criticism of the society, the crime of theft is rampant, but the police turn a blind eye. The old man participates in the holy religious ceremony, but secretly protects the thief, forming a great contrast and irony, the ugliness hidden under the outer skin. In the restaurant, the father and son took a momentary rest when they were drunk, seeking a moment of happiness, but after being drunk they had to return to the troubles of reality. God's instructions from women are ambiguous. Facing the cunning of thieves and being shielded by the crowd, it reflects the moral decline of the social crowd at that time. In the end, a long shot was used to reflect the male protagonist's criminal mental struggle. Unfortunately, his luck was not as good as that of a thief, and it was even more heart-wrenching for him not to make a fool of himself in front of his son. It would be too desperate to go to jail. In the end, he silently disappeared from the crowd, and life is still unresolved, and the days without hope continue. This work alludes to the chaotic social order at that time, the lack of government treatment, and the serious imbalance of work positions, which led to people's hardships, people's lives went to a dead end, and also led to the impunity of the perpetrators, which were intertwined with each other, and forced ordinary people to be forced to Going down the road of crime creates a vicious circle.

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Bicycle Thieves quotes

  • The Beggar: I mind my own business, I bother nobody, and what do I get? Trouble.

  • Antonio Ricci: Your mother and her prayers can't help us.