Bicycle Thief Is A Triumphant

Bicycle Thief Is A Triumphant Discovery Of The Fundamentals Of Cinema, And De Sica Has Openly Acknowledged His Debt To Chaplin.

The Conception Of Background Music Is Changing. You Use Less And Less Of It These Days.

There's Always Some Room For Improvisation.

Sometimes A Director Is Making Three Films. Perhaps He Is Shooting A Film In Madras And A Film In Bombay And He Can't Leave Madras As Some Shooting Has To Be Done, So He Directs By Telephone. The Shooting Takes Place. On Schedule.

When I'm Shooting On Location, You Get Ideas On The Spot - New Angles. You Make Not Major Changes But Important Modifications, That You Can't Do On A Set. I Do That Because You Have To Be Economical.