The bicycle thief

Brick and do the right thing share some of these elements. The ending is sarcastic. Also the characters are complex or ambiguous. After watching the bicycle thief and reading about italian non realism, I think that Italian nonrealism has inspired American independent cinema many ways. American independent cinema has mostly all of these elements as seen on numerous movies, such as brick and do the right thing. The movement began when filmmakers were tired of seeing fake paradise, which was influenced by American culture.
The italian filmmakers wanted to show the reality of life in Italy. The italian nonrealism filmmakers used actors that were not well known and would include minimal editing to the footage.