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Bicycle Thief

from TOY CITY by Toy City

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about

Many years ago, I was taking a class in the history of cinema at CCSF (City College of San Francisco). This was where I was first introduced to one of the most influential movements in the history of filmmaking: Italian Neorealism. On the heels of the German retreat at the end of World War II, Italian filmmakers grabbed their cameras and began making narrative films in a documentary style. They used small crews and non-professional actors with hand-held cameras to film real life as it unfolded before them. I fell in love with films like Rome, Open City (Rossellini, 1945) and Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948).

This song is composed entirely of film titles that are either from the Italian Neorealist period, or were directly influenced by that incredible moment in film history. These titles are arranged in such a way as to give a narrative arc to the song that could be the subject of a film from this historical period.

--Paul Burke

lyrics

The Adventure
The Bicycle Thief
Open City
Love and Anarchy
The Rat Trap
The Pawnbroker
The Imitation of Life
A Fistful of Dollars
Red Desert
Distant Thunder
Vertigo
The Sweet Life

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from TOY CITY, released May 5, 2023
Written and recorded by Paul Burke & Steve Shaheen
Drumming by John Hiser
Mixed by John Russell
Produced by John Russell & Toy City
Mastered by Joe Lambert

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Toy City is songwriting duo Paul Burke & Steve Shaheen

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