Essay Life is Beautiful

HW: How do the characters in 'Life is Beautiful' represent an engaging and unique presentation of the Holocaust experience?

In the movie Life is beautiful the social and cultural implications are explored by use of a story shown by a variaty of Characters affected. Throughout the movie the audience is being shown the perspective of a certian Character Joshua and how he was affected.

The movies perspective on the Holocaust is one of the main factors why 'Life is Beautiful' is a very unique film about the Holocaust. Joshua Guiedo's young son's pespective is explored throughout the movie and we see how events impacted him. Throughout the movie it is Obvious to the viewer that the innosense which represnts Joshua is one of the techniques that are used to spark immediate compassion for this story. In one Scene of the movie Joshua is asking his Dad Guiedo why they have to board a train to go to a camp and all throughout the Movie Guiedo has to make up stories to convince his Son that the are going on a holiday to play against other people in a competition when they are actually going to a Nazi concertration camp becuase they are Jews.

'Life is Beautiful' also uniquely contain the use of black humor used by Guiedo all throughout the movie. This technique of black humor makes 'Life is beautiful' a very unique film because of this. A traditional Holocaust movie normally covers the tragic side of the holocaust but 'Life is Beautiful' engages the viewer even more becuase of Gueido using this humor trying to convince his son they are on a holiday this contributes evn more the the compassion we feel for Guiedo, Dora and Joshua. In one scene of the movie when a Nazi soilder enters to the rooms of the Jews to explain the rules of the camp and asks for an intrepreter, Guiedo puts his hand up even though he cant speak German and makes up what the soilder is saying by explaining all the rules of the game which are just for Joshua. While he is explaining he also makes fun of the nazi Soilder while the soilder doesn't even realise. This example highlights the significence of Guiedo's story.