Through a simple story (a man with his son searches his stolen bicycle, extremely important for his survival) the film became a parable about the difficulties and the problems which afflicted Italy during the post-war period. ... The aim is to let the images speak for themselves, following the slow and fatigued step of the working class man: with this technique we follow character's situations and state of mind step by step. ... In "Italian film in the light of neorealism " Millicent Marcus makes us aware that the film cost a big amount of money, which exceeded the Italian production stan...

• Word Count: 1552
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

When Mark Twain stated that "clothes make the man," he meant to criticize a society he considered superficial, vapid and shallow. ... In the words of Victor Yung, Chairman of Li&Fung;, Hong Kong's main suppliers to American and European brands, "We might decide to buy yarn from Korean producers but have it woven and dyed in Taiwan the Japanese have the best zippers and buttons, but they manufacture them mostly in China then we determine that the best place to make the garments is Thailand so we ship everything there if you talk to the big global consumer products companies, they are ...

• Word Count: 2086
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate