Reflect on The Bicycle Thief

Three Facts

• 19th century literary movement started by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Cesare Pavese and Pier Paolo Pasolini. 
• Jean Renoir's Toni (1935) and Alessandro Blassetti's 1860 (1934) influenced neo-realism
• Andre Bazin called no-realism a cinema of "fact" and reconstituted reportage 

In brick the characters were more ambiguous and complex.

Visions of society not usually found in the mainstream. 

Relies more on heavy dialogue than Hollywood films. 

In Brick there was vVisions of society not usually found in Mainstream

Not afraid to make the audience aware of what there watching in the film 

Relies more on heavily dialogue than Hollywood film 

Neorealism inspiring independent cinema. 

Independent films are shot in mostly rural , working class areas, and focuses on the people and ordinary life, without screen editing, Neorealism is based on that.