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Actors: Maurizio Nichetti, Claudio Fava
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Icicle Thief |
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This is a film-within-a-film comedy that is reminiscent of Woody Allen's THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO. An Italian filmmaker named Maurizio Nichetti (played by the real Maurizio Nichetti, the movie's writer/director) made THE ICICLE THIEF, a homage to the post-WWII classic THE BICYCLE THIEF. Nichetti is at a television studio in Milan, to make sure that the first network broadcast of his film proceeds without a hitch.
We soon become privy to action on four different planes: the black-and-white narrative of THE ICICLE THIEF, in which a poor Italian family tries to cope with poverty; the television studio, where Nichetti becomes increasingly angry at commercial interruptions; the home of a well-to-do Milanese family watching the film on their living room television set; and the commercials that keep interrupting the film. Soon, the four realms start to bleed into one another, leading to bizarre interactions between real people and movie characters.
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Icicle Thief |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- comedy about making a movie
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- filmmaker/producer
How much humor v. drama
- Somewhat more humor than serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- scholar
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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