Felicia is joined by Geoff Thomas to discuss the effects of capitalism on an old man and his dog in Vittorio De Sica’s Umberto D. (1952).

We chat about this film as a bridge between De Sica’s as a neo-realist filmmaker and his move towards comedies. Along with the themes of questioning the moral compass of authority figures present in this film.

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Diary of a Chambermaid (Luis Buñuel 1964)
The Silence (Ingmar Bergman 1963)

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Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110721100149/

http://www.ingmarbergman.se/universe.asp?guid=66DA7015-8017-4303-9A31-658D02296D45

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/292-seeing-clearly-through-tears-on-the-smart-sentiment-of-umberto-d

https://www.nytimes.com/1955/11/08/archives/screen-honest-realism-de-sicas-umberto-d-is-story-of-old-man.html

https://www.deepfocusreview.com/definitives/umberto-d/

https://cinemafromthespectrum.com/2017/02/24/umberto-d-review/

OUTRO SONG:
Umberto D. by Alessandro Cicognini

FILMS MENTIONED:
The Silence (Ingmar Bergman 1963)

Diary of a Chambermaid (Luis Buñuel 1964)

Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica 1948)

The Leopard (Luchino Visconti 1963)

Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa 1952)

Shoeshine (Vittorio De Sica 1946)

The Third Man (Carol Reed 1949)

Miracle in Milan (Vittorio De Sica 1951)

Terminal Station (Vittorio De Sica 1953)

After the Fox (Vittorio De Sica 1966)

The Voyage (Vittorio De Sica 1974)

Sunflower (Vittorio De Sica 1970)

Two Women (Vittorio De Sica 1960)

Marriage Italian Style (Vittorio De Sica 1964)

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Vittorio De Sica 1963)

Boccaccio ‘70 (Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti 1962)

Rebecca (Alfred Hithcock 1940)

Il boom (Vittorio De Sica 1963)

Anora (Sean Baker 2024)

Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman 1957)

Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu 1953)

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