Life Is Beautiful
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VHS Movie Reviews of Life Is Beautiful
Movie Review: Watch and Remember.
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't allow myself to call this film a comedy.
Certainly Benigni brilliantly contrasts his warm Italian personality to the cold and ruthless Nazis. A humorous contrast, but I found it to be nothing to laugh at.
As a father, I almost couldn't bring myself to watch this film--I can't bear the thought of a child in such peril, but, I'm now glad I did.
I felt the constant tension that Benigni's character, Guido must have felt as he perpetuated his lighthearted rouse for his innocent young son. At any given time, his son could have been discovered. He cleverly extends himself through his own heartbreaking fear to shield his son and send comfort to his wife incarcerated in another part of the camp.
The contrast continues as his son relays stories of children disappearing and people being made into soap and burned in furnaces and Guido responds with a laughing dismissal. I felt relief as his son disobeyed his father when Guido told him to stop resisting and go take a shower with the other children. Only from our perspective of history can we know what would have been in store for the child.
Life is Beautiful is a magnificent story. Although, it does not delve deeply into the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust, it doesn't need to. It brings home the fact that humans are capable of terrifying coldness without the graphic horrors. It serves well as a reminder of the Holocaust.
Benigni is as human and beautiful as the Nazis are animalistic and ugly.
Please, watch this film and remember what we must never forget.
Movie Review: mi piace
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great movie! I bought it to help with learning Italian since it has English subtitles, but was amazed at the story. The protagonist actor / producer obviously worked very hard on this and perfectly captured the beauty and fragility of human existence. If only Hollywood could create such introspective movies these days...
Movie Review: Timeless Heroism
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the truest love stories ever written. It is not about the holocaust. The holocaust, as an event exemplifies everything ugly and hateful that we should fear in ourselves; the capacity of all of us to be led and to follow in fear, no matter what we believe. The holocaust should never, ever be forgotten. It should stand as eternal proof of what we can all become, by simply not paying attention.
This film used the holocaust as a backdrop for surviving, but it is about more than surviving. It is about living, loving and sacrificing. It is about the love of a simple man for a woman, a woman for a man, and their love for their son. It is about the love they share and the values that sustain them through what must have been one of the most horrific experiences life can offer. Whether or not it's realistic that a man can make jokes through such internment, or make a game of it for his son, it is the beauty of people, of love, and of life that we can focus our gaze beyond the ugliness, shelter our own hopeful innocence, and show one another the beauty of ourselves, and of the world we share.
For those who wish to compare it to Schindlers List, it is not Schindler's List. It is far better. Shindler's list is about an ordinary man who comes through a moment in time and becomes a hero. La Vita e' Bella is about a man who shows us how to be simply heroic. La Vita e' Bella is timeless.
Movie Review: Life IS Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
movies like this make me appreciate my life more. caught it on tv but had missed the first 25 minutes so I just had to order it and add it to my collection. I was thrilled that it came so quickly and I will watch it over and over again. It makes me laugh, then cry, then laugh and cry again. Heartwarming.
MsStretch
Movie Review: Life is Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
A truly beautiful, inspirational film. Brings back the child in all of us and reminds us to live in the moment. A return to the era of grand cinema.
Recommended to all....you'll laugh...you'll cry......its a hellova movie.
Susie