I agree with the statement that "The Bicycle Thief" is one of the greatest films of all time because it successfully portrays the reality of living in poverty and the unfairness and desperation of the whole situation in a way that everyone can empathise and sympathise with. In my opinion the bike represents wealth. The people who have a bike have the power to go places and, in the fathers case, work. Typically, those with bikes have a freedom that those without haven't which you can see in the early tram scene when everyone is pushing to get onto the tram but lots of them get turned away and are told to wait for the next tram. Basically they are all subject to the will of other's because of their lack of a bike. This can be read as a metaphor for the struggle of living and without the means needed to survive. I thought that the use of unprofessional actors was not evident. Had I not known they were unprofessional, I wouldn't have guessed because they acted ver
