Life Is Beautiful
1998 ‘La vita è bella’ Directed by Roberto Benigni
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An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
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This is a simple story... but not an easy one to tell.
Well it took me 14 years but I finally watched it. It was one of those films that was so overly hyped that I'm sure if I had watched it in 1998 I would have loathed it before the first subtitle appeared on the screen.
The first half of the film serves as a pure comedy in the vein of a Charlie Chaplin film. Roberto Benigni looks nothing like Chaplin facially but he seems to embody him in spirit. I didn't think I would like a broad comedy like this, but I did because the characters are so endearing.
While the first half is pure comedy, it also…
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Life Is Beautiful is a remarkable story about love that fantastically sugar-coats the horror of Holocaust with Roberto Benigni’s (here served as the writer, director, and actor) fresh and hilarious comedy. Just to briefly compare the ambiance of Holocaust described in “Schindler’s List” with the one portrayed here, this film really repressed the frightening experience of the Jews as not so frightening, it’s like playing joke with The Death because Guido (Benigni) awesomely portrayed such a horrific subject as a comedy. The entire film is divided into two acts, love (his love and admiration towards Dora (Nicoltette Bruschi, real-life wife of Benigni), and the Holocaust camp experienced by Guido, Dora and Joshua. I admire Guido even more as he tries…
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When watching films, I like to think I'm above sentimentality or facile emotion. When this film's ending came though, I was affected in a way not many films have been able to achieve with me.
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Sat through an hour of unfunny Magical Clown bullshit to get to an interesting idea that was constantly being undercut by the same bullshit.
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"Mil puntos para morirnos de la risa."
No me cansaría de verla nunca, amo todo de La Vita è Bella; empezando por Roberto Benigni, me encanta su energía, y como reencarna a Chaplin en sus interpretaciones.
Destaco que la BSO compuesta por Nicola Piovani, también es de mis preferidas, muy conmovedora.
Una película tan agridulce, que combina el drama del Holocausto, con la comedia italiana, tiene que dar un buen resultado, y en definitiva así fue. Este es el tipo de películas, que me hacen adorar el 7mo arte.
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Any film dealing with the Holocaust is bound to have some kind of emotional effect on me. It was such an insane, horrendous, stupifying event that any depiction of it, no matter how heavy-handed or inept, disturbs and shocks me. So in that regard, yes, “Life is Beautiful” moved me.
But that doesn’t mean I enjoyed it. At all.
I really do like the idea of the film. It’s basically split into two parts; the first half deals with the character of Guido having wacky adventures and falling in love with a “princess.” The second half shows Guido, his son, and his wife in a concentration camp while Guido attempts to lessen his child’s anguish by pretending that it’s all…
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A pretty good movie with a funny Italian dude and a hottie (not). He troll them all and use magic to win World War II. Pretty good shit when Merlin arrives to save the earth from nazis inside Empire State Building! Good shit indeed!
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I can't believe it took me all these years to watch this sad and funny story. I have to say it's one of the best movies I've ever seen.
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This is one of the most beautiful and poignant movies I've ever seen. The little boy is a great actor and so adorable there is nothing you can do but love him. Benigni does an incredible job of mixing horror with humor, never making you doubt his intentions or integrity. If you aren't a fan of foreign films, this one will change your mind.
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Fue hace mucho tiempo que la vi, recuerdo que era un niño y mi papá la había alquilado en VHS. Fue como verla por 1ra vez. Tenía tiempo que no lloraba tanto con una película, la verdad. Desde el principio, el protagonista nos contagia con su carisma y felicidad, envolviéndonos en su mundo. La actuación de Roberto Benigni debe ser de las mejores en la historia del cine. Fue genial que usaran elementos de comedia como las películas mudas, a lo Chaplin. Una película increíble en todos los aspectos que es imposible no dejarse conmover por su historia.
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I looked at this film expecting it to be very, very slow. But actually it intrested me throughout the whole movie. Beningi is phenomenal as the lead giving laughs and making you care for his horrible situation he has to deal with near the end (plus he really did deserve best actor for this film). The supporting cast also give strong performances and the script is clever and very greatly made. The music is very nice to listen to and the film is shot very well. All I can say is, this is such a Beautiful film!
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Wonderfull Movie. 5/5 ♥
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One of my Favorites .. Very Touching
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"Mil puntos para morirnos de la risa."
No me cansaría de verla nunca, amo todo de La Vita è Bella; empezando por Roberto Benigni, me encanta su energía, y como reencarna a Chaplin en sus interpretaciones.
Destaco que la BSO compuesta por Nicola Piovani, también es de mis preferidas, muy conmovedora.
Una película tan agridulce, que combina el drama del Holocausto, con la comedia italiana, tiene que dar un buen resultado, y en definitiva así fue. Este es el tipo de películas, que me hacen adorar el 7mo arte.