047 | Bicycle Thieves

Connor & Riley take it all the way back to 1948 to discuss the Italian Neo-Realist classic: Bicycle Thieves. They admire how the film breaks all of the Hollywood conventions of the time and how more realistic films can touch us on such a personal and emotional basis.

WARNING: Major spoilers for Bicycle Thieves, minor spoilers for Shoeshine

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Films mentioned in this episode:

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• Bicycle Thieves (1948) | Dir. Vittorio De Sica
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) | Dir. Brad Silberling
• Shoeshine (1946) | Dir. Vittorio De Sica
• Star Wars (1977) | Dir. George Lucas
• Joe (2013) | Dir. David Gordon Green
• The 15:17 to Paris (2018) | Dir. Clint Eastwood
• Dunkirk (2017) | Dir. Christopher Nolan
• Treasure Planet (2002) | Dir. Ron Clements, John Musker
• Tron (1982) | Dir. Steven Lisberger
• Tron: Legacy (2010) | Dir. Joseph Kosinski
• The Prince of Egypt (1998) | Dir. Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) | Dir. Blake Edwards
• The Holiday (2006) | Dir. Nancy Meyers
• Red River (1948) | Dir. Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson
• The Red Shoes (1948) | Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | Dir. John Huston
• Princess Mononoke (1997) | Dir. Hayao Miyazaki