Talk:Life Is Beautiful

message: I do not think that this is true: "The misinterpretation, meant as humor, placed other captives in jeopardy under the gravest of circumstances." Right after Guido finishes his mistranslation, he tells the other captive, who is fluent in German, to tell all of the other men what the guards really said.  In the end, they all learn the real rules and Guido maintains the facade for his son.
:We can guess they learn the rules, but they don't show it in the film.--Rataube 22:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In the versions I've seen, he does tell the others to ask Bartolomeo (sp?), and then to tell him (Guido) what it turns out they've said; however, it is not evident that Bartolomeo actually knows German — after all, wouldn't he have offered to translate when Guido first admitted he didn't speak the language? I've always read it as Guido palming them off on Bartolomeo, who likewise doesn't know German, to temporarily save himself from attack, on the assumption that everyone will be able to find out the real announcement by asking captives in other barracks where someone knew German.Lawikitejana (talk) 01:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The prior conversation between Guido and Bartolomeo stongly suggests the latter understands German. Ordinary Person (talk) 01:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Misinterpretation

message: i know this may not be the place to ask, but im curious about the snow white riddle-
i already now the answer is "seven" but i dont know WHY its that- heres the riddle---> 
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs stop for a bite to eat. How fast can you guess what she serves them next?" 
if you know, please tell me-  -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.154.149.197  (talk • contribs) at  09:04, 3 January 2007
Seven Seconds....There are seven dwarfs...she is serving them second helpings next...so seven seconds.  -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.121.135.195 (talk • contribs) at 13:32, 19 March 2007
In Italian the riddle is: "Biancaneve in mezzo ai nani. Indovina questo indovinello, cervellone, nel tempo che ti dà la soluzione" = "Snow White between the dwarfs. Guess this ridle, genius, in the times that gives you the solution". The answer is 7 minuti (7 minutes). Minuto, like the english Minute, means at the same time 1/60 of hour and small. So, Biancaneve is fra 7 minuti, that can be translated both: between 7 little ones and in 7 minutes. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.77.243.125 (talk • contribs)  11:42, 12 June 2007 
::It works better in Italian. -- Beardo (talk) 12:36, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snow White riddle 

message: The Wikipedia entry for the 71st Acadamy Awards says that they were held in 1999, and on that page it also says that the winner for best foreign language film that year was Life is Beautiful. Yet the box at the bottom of the page says that it won in 1998.
Is that an error, or is there some explanation?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.233.172 (talk) 18:11, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Off the top of my head ... the films and awards for 1998 are actually presented at the ceremony held in 1999.  So, if a film were produced at any point in the calendar year 1998, it is honored at the Oscars ceremony held in January / February 1999.  So, it is still considered the 1998 Best Film or 1998 Best Actor or whatever category prize.  Thanks.   (64.252.34.115 (talk) 01:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which year 

message: I think, the reception part is too biased, too subjective… the neutrally is not given there for a Wikipedia article! To be exact, I mean the reviews of Rick Groen & Kenneth Turan. Could somebody please delete these parts?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.195.234.51 (talk) 12:57, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reception 

message: Not even logged in right now, but why is there no mention of Rubino Romeo Salmoni, the man who's story was adapted into this movie?  For that matter, there's no entry for Rubino Romeo Salmoni at all, who passed away this sunday. 82.45.189.14 (talk) 23:38, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rubino Romeo Salmoni 

message: The following sentence is in the intro : "Part of the film came from Benigni's own family history: before born his son and all the family , including Benigni's Italian wife , interned at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp." 
I wanted to correct it, but I couldn't really figure out the meaning of it.. Does someone have any idea? I'm guessing that it's supposed to mean that Benigni's family was interned at Bergen (but he and his wife were born after), but I don't want to take chances.--Munin75 (talk) 02:42, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsensical sentence in intro 

message: The movie starts in 1939 (per the title card). The seizure of Guido and Joshua occurs in a German-occupied Italian town, so it must occur after October 1943. Historically, Arezzo (where the movie occurs) fell to the Allies in July-August 1944, but the movie does not reference any historical markers so "late in World War II" is probably as accurate as you can be. Astro$01 (talk) 04:54, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline 

message: For consistency's sake, what name should be use for Guido's son? The article switches to Giosué mid-way in the article and it bugs me. MisaTange (talk) 04:54, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked at the external links in the article.  Of those that list the credits, 4 say Giosué, 1 says Joshua, and one says Giosué (Joshua). Based on that highly scientific study, I would say go with Giosué. BollyJeff | talk 12:39, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Modified to read Giosuè, because the Italian name is spelled with a grave accent, not an acute.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:240:4B00:AEA0:D0E6:A37C:5720:4B9C (talk) 01:03, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Giosué vs Joshua 

message: The line about Benigni's father having been a Holocaust survivor needs a few more words. According to the WP article on Benigni himself, he is not of Jewish extraction. Therefore, the Nazis had something else against his father. Which of their exhaustive list of "people who need killing" was he? Communist? Trade unionist? Esperantist? Mental patient? Partisan? The mind naturally poses the question, but the article doesn't answer it. A slight rewrite of the line in question, and perhaps three more words, would do it. Laodah 22:17, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Benigni's father

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