Post War Film Study Student’s Name Institution Post War Film Study This essay will analyze two films; the 1947 Shoeshine, directed by Vittorio De Sica and Notorious, a 1946 movie by Alfred Hitchcock. The analysis will focus entirely on their themes, structure, and cinematic language, as well as a comparison with films studied in a class titled The Third Man, a 1949 film by Carol Reed and Bicycle Thieves directed by Vittorio De Sica in 1949. The Third Man is an investigative narrative about an American who goes to his friend for a job only to find him dead (Reed, 1949). While attempting to unravel this mystery, he