“La Vita e Bella,” which translates in “Life is beautiful,” is an incredible Italian movie. This movie initially take place in Italy towards the end of World War II. It focuses less on Italian culture and more on Jewish-Italian culture. The film is in all Italian, but there is a little German towards the end of the movie. Overall, this movie made me laugh, cry and than laugh again. Linguistically, I learned that Italians speak extremely fast. I didn’t know much of what they were saying, other than when they said “Hi,” “How are you?” and “How old are you?” Although, this film was about a Jewish man and his family, it did take place in Italy. Some of the cultural aspects I noticed were the colors and the buildings. Although I have never …show more content…
In comparison with other WWII era movies I feel like it did a good job expressing the emotional levels of people rather than a strictly political stance. This film showed a great deal of racism towards Jewish people in Italy, during this time. It made me extremely uncomfortable and angry because everyone loved Guido, he was nice and extremely funny, but he also happened to be one of the only Jewish people in this area. Society made sure everyone around him know that he was Jewish. People would spray paint his bookstore saying “This is a Jew store,” as well as break in to his house and destroy it. What was even more sad was that his uncle was this amazing thoughtful guy and they were the worst on him, they would rob his place and attack him. Further insights about this time in this film, is that there was a school scene where the whole room had Italian flags all around it and had the Inspector General of Italy come and speak to the class on why Italians were the superior race. But not all Italian’s were bad, in fact, Guido’s wife, Dora, was Italian. Dora is an amazing strong women, who found out that her family was abducted from her home to be place in a concentration camp. With this knowledge, she begs the fascist supporters to put her on the train to also go to this concentration camp. What an honest and loving
The story unfolds with the increasing limitations on the rights of Jewish people in Italy. Mussolini 's racial laws are beginning to take force on the rights of the Jewish people. Prohibitions such as no servants, no library
The characters have done a great job giving insight into what it must really feel like in WWII. The experience they gave during the film really shows great effort on love, pain and sorrow. But they all have a role to play because they are dealing with war and they want us to know what that feels like. Most people who are alive nowadays have never experienced what war was like so they figured to show and have people understand. Overall I think this film gave a good explanation of how things were back then and how things work now.
Now, Life is Beautiful is a very serious film. There are constant reminders of what time period the film is set in. The time of Hitler, a period of great racism towards the Jewish people. Guido knows very much about the current events, but continues to shelter his young son. We are reminded of the times with the painting of the horse. The words “Jewish Horse” are painted onto a horse that was also painted green. All of the images of the concentration camps make our spines chill as we realize and remember that hundreds of thousands of human beings had to live, and die in camps much like the one in the film. The countryside at the beginning of the film is also a great realistic moment in history—Mussolini riding into a town, the townspeople greeting him with open arms.
...ow Italian’s felt towards Mussolini himself, from the thousands of newly exposed unpublished documents from the ‘sentimenti per Il Duce’ private secretariat archive. The content of the various letters and diaries within the book are very intriguing, however, the historical background of Italy is very immense making the book challenging to read. The audience for which Christopher Duggan appeals to, is the intellectual scholar; desiring to learn a great amount of fascist Italian history and “ the feelings that ordinary people articulated in Mussolini’s Italy, and what these feeling might tell us about the regime.” Duggan convinces the reader of his prose substantially with his vast amount of research and analysis of over 200 primary documents. This novel truly being an ingenious addition to the era of Italian Fascism facilitates how fascism gained support in Italy.
In this dream, we see that Guido feels as though he has been a disappointment to his parents and he seeks his father’s approval. His father will not answer the questions that Guido has for him. Rather, as depicted in the image on the right, his father complains that the ceilings in the mausoleum are too low and that it is ugly. He wants Guido to fix this. He then asks Guido about Luisa and Guido lies to him and says that things are fine. His father responds, “you two together have been my joy” (8 ½, 22:19). Guido’s parents, as far as the viewer can tell, had a good marriage and Guido feels guilty that he cannot do the same. “Art Film Reflections,” an online blog, analyzes this scene in the film saying, “this dream further reveals Guido’s psychic orientation. It shows that to some extent he remains in childhood. Even though his parents are now dead, he is still unconsciously trying to please them. He is still trying to live to their expectations, and he feels shame that he has not done so.” We see throughout the film that, whether in reality or fantasy, people are constantly asking Guido questions and insulting his work. This is especially present near the end of the film at the press conference. Whether or not this scene occurs in reality, Guido feels more pressure similar to that from his father. At this point, he has had enough and metaphorically, it is
Italy embarked on a long rebuilding journey. No matter how hard Italy tries to forget Fascism, it will always leave an everlasting mark on society there, and it will go down in history as the
... educated the average person. The Mafia, as depicted by the Corleone family, is very close knit; those that are not even actual family members are still considered part of the “family.” This movie can be watched repeatedly and each time is as enjoyable as the first. It is a cultural eye opener and lead to two sequels and several other media items, such as today’s television drama The Soprano’s. Though the world does not condone what this lifestyle is about it will always be interested, and somewhat glorify the traditions and lifestyle of something so secretive and just plain bad.
All in all, after watching the movie, I know how to be thankful, the point of persistence and the precious friendship, I have learnt some important things that I didn’t know before. And the best thing is I'm still young enough, I also can fix my behavior and gain experiences.
"The manner in which Mussolini and the Fascist Party gained possession of the government was regarded in most foreign circles as an illegal act of violence." (3) As the nation of Italy began to suffer great debts, Mussolini had been summoned by the King to form a government to aid in the economic needs. This marked the birth of the Fascist Party in Italy. In the beginning of his rise to the top, Mussolini was popular amongst his people. His popularity was high, and people began to trust in his judgment and ideas. (4) He was, in essence, saving the people from the turmoil that had ensued the nat...
It has a mixed genre of comedy, romance, drama. war and a fairytale. The subject of the Holocaust is of great importance. it has greatly influenced history and our lives today. Benigni stars as the main character, Guido, a Jew.
Nevertheless Italian NeoRealism was essential to Italy’s film industry at the time the war ended and while Europe was recovering from the war. Its impact on modern film has been monumental, not only in Italian film but also on French New Wave cinema, and ultimately on films all over the world.
at the beginning of the Movie LIfe Is Beautiful, Guido seems naive but as he is forced to come to terms with the reality of his family's seemingly uncontrollable situation, his views shift and his character changes.Guido cares immensely about the well being of his family and their happiness. Seeing the pain that others are going through, being separated from his wife and not knowing whats to come makes this is an extra difficult experience for him. The Camps that they are forced to stay in are visibly inhumane; however, Giosue is able to keep his innocence because of the fathers caring and playful nature. Guido faces sees some unthinkably horrific images in the camp, such as when he stumbles across the mountains of dead jewish bodies he is
This somber conclusion to the film seems to be an expression of hopelessness for Italy's future. By 1948, the country had gone through a series of tumultuous historical events, caused by the inadequacy of its political and economic system. The disillusionment of its citizens with the system and in fact with the very concept of their nation was taken to its limits by yet another failure to achieve true social change after World War II. The transformismo of the Christian Democrats and the attendismo of the Communists offered no hope for Italians, appearing as just another stage in the country's endless cycle of political and social failure.
The key moments I have noticed were the repetition of the crowd scenes and the camera focused on what is happening at the time in the town. The way the film invites us in a particular way captures the audience into the characters worlds and how they live from their own judgments. “Lies in being able to observe reality, not to extract fictions from it”. I examined that I was able to extract observational shots straight away and was able to observe reality quickly. Long takes which indicates the deep focus which suggests the realism in the film. The film shows the uncaring system is the reality of Italy, but they do not want this to be exploited. The desperate need for he...
Therefore, Antonio sets the rest of the mood of the novel by changing the focus from just immigration to internally as well (North versus South). He uses something empowering to the Roman people against them, comparable to racism. He enforces the point that even fellow Italians possess distaste between each other and compartmentalize misconstrued labels on them. This novel presents different viewpoints of life in Italy and how each one has reasoning’s for the ideas of other people with none, except for Amedeo, ready to conform together and help each other. The novel’s purpose is to allow for new Cornell students to see culture from different points of view and to understand