I have finally finished watching Life Is Beautiful, and my opinion of the movie has changed dramatically. While I still wish that I had seen the movie with sub titles, I no longer believe that Gudio’s humor takes away from the story. In fact I think that his ability to maintain a sense of optimisms throughout the movie is apart of the story. The movie was incredibly sad, and I could not believe that Gudio died at the end. But I loved how Joshua was picked up in the tank.
After reading the articles on the Holocaust, I’m not sure how I feel about that aspect of the movie. Yes, it is in a way offending that Benigni played down the horrors of the Holocaust, but at the same time is it possible to reproduce them? I also think that this movie was not intended to offend anyone, rather to make the point that no matter how bad life is, there is always good in it. In fact, Levi says just that in his article, and he is a survivor of the Holocaust.
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I think the movie gave the viewers a great feeling of optimism as well and the reuniting of the mother and child only streghtens it at the end regardless of the loss of Gudio.
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