I Don't Understand These National Awards, Because

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

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

I Had Developed This Habit Of Writing Scenarios As A Hobby. I Would Find Out Which Stories Had Been Sold To Be Made Into Films And I Would Write My Own Treatment And Then Compare It.

I've Made Seventeen Or Eighteen Films Now, Only Two Of Which Have Been Original Screenplays, All The Others Have Been Based On Short Stories Or Novels, And I Find The Long Short Story Ideal For Adaptation.

When I Write An Original Story I Write About People I Know First-hand And Situations I'm Familiar With. I Don't Write Stories About The Nineteenth Century.