“We are all deeply saddened, but we hold by, of this extreme action of the master and friend Carlo Lizzani. Through and through unexpected, even because just a few days ago he expressed me the desire to resume movie directing, especially after the success of the docufilm he was the star of, We weren’t just bicycle thieves, in which he told the rising and the setting of Neorealism, of which he was the last exponent. A clear-headed man, with an extraordinary memory and culture. He has made the same choice of his friend Mario Monicelli of whom he said: “I understand what he did, because I knew him”. For The Triworld it’s an irreparable loss, because the collaboration would have continued with a second work of greater range.
The honor of having worked and produced with him a movie that will remain and demonstrate his, and of all italian artists, brilliance and creativity will last in time. We all will be greateful to Carlo Lizzzani forever.”Gianni Bozzacchi