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Roberto Benigni's romantic comedy Life is Beautiful enjoyed tremendous success everywhere it was shown. In addition to winning almost every possible film award, including three Oscars, lavish praise and film reviews, it grossed over a quarter of a billion dollars—the most profitable Italian movie ever. Very few have questioned the movie—until now.
With sharp, uncompromising logic and eye-opening insight, Niv analyzes the film and its script scene-by-scene to show why Life is Beautiful is very far from being the innocent, charming, and heartwarming film it appears to be. The author argues that the film not only lends support to the central arguments of Holocaust deniers, but is actually a quasi-theological, Christian parable which seeks to justify the extermination of Jews in the 20th century as divine punishment for the sin of the crucifixion of Jesus two thousand years ago.
Life is Beautiful, But Not for Jews is a riveting book that simply and concisely raises some important and complex ideas about film and psychology in post-Holocaust civilization. It also serves as an elementary course in the appreciation of films and artistic texts in general and in deciphering their deeper meanings, teaching the reader to more clearly grasp the hidden significance of cultural processes.
This is the first English translation of the Hebrew text.
Contents
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Dedication
Chapter 3 Before I Begin
Chapter 4 1. Hitler's Holiday Camp
Chapter 5 2. Reality as Fairy Tale
Chapter 6 3. See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Chapter 7 4. A World Without Jews
Chapter 8 5. Annihilation as Salvation
Chapter 9 6. Gift and Sacrifice
Chapter 10 7. What Is This Film About, Anyway?
Chapter 11 Afterthoughts: Success Does Not Lie
Chapter 12 About the Author
