Life Is Beautiful 1997 Benigni ITALY

Question 1

What does the Opening clip of Guido and Joshua walking through the fog and the over dubbed dialogue of Joshua?

Answer 1

Opens and closes the film

Foreshadows the Holocaust

Question 2

What does the Opening sequence of Guido and a friend riding through the countryside of Italy embarking on Dora in a sunhat and dress falling from the barn portray about Italy at the time?

Answer 2

Funny
Summer innocence of life before the war
Natural high key lighting wide shots open and bright
Romantic comedy at the start
Dora is the Princess in terms of props theory

Question 3

When does the narrative begin to shift in the film and aesthetics.

Answer 3

Long shot sequence - Guido’s uncle being robbed posb estate with antiques inside

Question 4

Describe an sequence with slapstick comedy?

Answer 4

Plant pot falling on a man and putting eggs in his hat

Question 5

What does the Black Shirt who use to run the restaurant Guido worked at?

Answer 5

Grey suit illustrates his ideologies and his complacency to evil

Question 6

The low angle tracking sequence of Guido pretending to be the offsted officer wearing Italian flag and boosting about Italian ears and other things illustrates?

Answer 6

Stupidity of the ‘pure race’

The Italian flag being through his middle and legs shows that Italy was controlled by Germany