Hi Kim, I just read your review of Umberto D by DeSica — really glad you’re promoting it, since, as you know, his best known film is The Bicycle Thief — have you seen Scorsese’s My Voyage to Italy? He discusses Umberto D at great length, showing that gut-wrenching scene at the animal shelter (I burst into tears at that point!) — Scorsese believes this is a greater film than Bicycle Thief. If you haven’t seen Scorsese’s great documentary, be sure to see it soon (it’s a superb film history lesson on Italian neo-realism).
I haven’t seen either film. They’re now on my list of films to be seen.
