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Film Analysis of Life Is Beautiful
“La vita e Bella” is an Italian film; Roberto Benigni starred as the
main character, Guido Orefice, and also directed it. The film was
contentious because of the way Benigni presented its content of the
Holocaust with an unlikely comic slant. Some people thought that it
showed a misrepresentation of the concentration camp, whilst other
thought it showed the triumph. However, in March 1999 it was nominated
for seven academy awards including Best picture and Best director.
Life is beautiful picked up three awards, best foreign film language
film, Best actor and best music original dramatic score. This award
winning film is set in Arezzo, Tuscany. It touches and teaches about
very important historical issues like racism, fascism, concentration
camps and prejudice. It has a mixed genre of comedy, romance, drama,
war and fairytale. The subject of the Holocaust is great importance at
it has greatly influenced history and our lives today.
Benigni stars as the main character, Guido, a Jew. Who falls in love
with his “princess,” a gentile, Dora. Guido saves her from a loveless
marriage on a horse and takes her back to his house. Then there is a
transition shot of seven years. Then you see Dora and Guido come out
followed by there son Giosue. Giosue has a cherished wooden toy tank
which he won’t go anywhere with out. Italy is taken over by Nazis and
Guido and Giosue are taken to a concentration camp. Once Dora
realises that Guido and Giosue have been taken she asks to get on to
train leading to the concentration camp and does so. To stop Giosue
seeing the harsh truth about life in a concentration camp,...
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...makes the film enchanting,
works excellently when he recalls himself as a ‘prince’ and his wife
his ‘princess’ he also carries her off on a white horse called ‘Robin
Hood’. The fairly tale genre works well because it creates a magical
atmosphere and it helps Guido’s and Dora’s relationship develop. The
repetitions work well to highlight the dreadful change between to two
parts. The symbol of the tank works well as most people could relate
to having there favourite toy, it becoming a reason to live is also
telling as most children would pay the world for there toy come into
real life. Finally overall I agree with the second point because I
thought the film was enchanting, emotional and powerful, it gave me a
sense of well-being and triumph at the end when Giosue says “The gift
my dad gave to me was his life, so we won!”
poster typically has the white cowboy large, presented front and center, with the antagonists and co-stars all behind him. An iconic western, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, has a poster picturing the white cowboy alone. Clint Eastwood stands there tall, stoic, and singular. Typical of most other westerns, the white cowboy is the center of attention. Here, however, there are two non-white figures presented: Bart, the Black cowboy, and a large Native American chief. This movie poster has the same style as other westerns with the color and layout, but is unique in the fact that a black man is presented where a white man would normally be dominating. Once again, this makes a statement about racial improvements. Previously having a black man at
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