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Question 1. Millicent Marcus writes with regard to Bicycle Thieves that "the literal level of the film could be summarized in two lines [...]: Man's bike stolen on first day back to work after two years' unemployment. Bike prerequisite to job". What makes this film so extraordinary both at a formal level and in its handling of Antonio's sad story, despite its misleading simplicity, according to Marcus and to Rigoletto?

Question 2. Having watched the film, how do you understand the meaning of the film's title in The Conformist and what is the significance of the myth of the Plato's Cave in relation to Marcello's predicament in the story? Please explain also how the film resolves Marcello's predicament. For this answer, you should be familiar with the assigned reading (Rigoletto) for week 7.

Question 3. To what extent is La dolce vita a film that expresses itself through images and symbols? Please elaborate on what these images and symbols are about, and how they help us better understand this film. For this answer, you should be familiar with the panopto recording and with the reading assigned on week 8.