Tracing the trajectory to 'Life is beautiful' in Benigni's comic art
TitleTracing the trajectory to 'Life is beautiful' in Benigni's comic art
Author
Call number791.430909358/0023
Object number08970A
Place of publicationLeicester
PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
Year of publication
2005
Physical descriptionpp19-37
MaterialArticle
ISBN1904744834
NotesArticle from the book Beyond 'Life is beautiful' : comedy and tragedy in the cinema of Roberto Benigni pp19-37
Description
'Life is beautiful' has caused a great deal of controversy - and an acrimonious debate that Benigni's thematic and cinematic treatment of the Holocaust as comedy has engendered. Althought the film caused a scandal because of its comic treatment of one of the most serious topics of the twentieth century, those familiar with Benigni's work know that this strategy has always been deadly serious, exposing corruption, commenting on the bankrupt social and political institutions