Life is beautiful, but not for Jews
Subtitle: another view of the film by Benigni
By: Kobi Niv ; translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Beyrak Lev.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Filmmakers series ;; no. 107
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Landham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Vita è bella (Motion picture); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures.
Description: "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."--Jacket.

"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."