interview with Cormac McCarthy Nov 17, 2009
Life Is Beautiful (1997). The film opens in 1939 as Roberto Benigni's clownish Guido courts his future wife, then shifts to a concentration camp, where Guido convinces his son that their imprisonment is just part of an elaborate game. (Harper's Magazine)
Celebrity birthdays for Oct. 25-31 Oct 22, 2009
Actor-director Roberto Benigni ("Life Is Beautiful") is 57. Actor Peter Firth ("That's Life") is 56. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Society to hold raffle to buy foreign films Sep 22, 2009
The list so far has more than 20 movies on it and includes such titles as La Vie en Rose, Life is Beautiful and Mondays in the Sun. . (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Here's what women want... Sep 2, 2009
My life is beautiful because of my boyfriend Raghav. A lot of people envy me for that. (India Times, India)
Tarantino’s most fractured fairy tale Aug 30, 2009
In many ways, frankly, that approach is preferable to the sniveling cant of movies like Life Is Beautiful and Jakob the Liar, which exploit the Holocaust as an excuse for moral self-congratulation and artistic banality. It s those four words, Once upon a time, and their juxtaposition with the Holocaust that get Tarantino in trouble - or, rather, real trouble instead of the specious, hey-look-at-me kind he delights in. (Boston Globe)
Newsweek: Tarantino turns Jews into Nazis Aug 21, 2009
Controversies about the uses of Jewish suffering in World War II in popular entertainmentno matter how innocently such entertainment may be intendedgo back at least as far as Mel Brooks's The Producers in 1968, and exploded once again in 1997 when Roberto Benigni's concentration-camp comedy, Life Is Beautiful, came out. It's possible that at least some of the discussion of Inglourious Basterds will focus on the appropriateness (or inappropriateness) of using the Holocaust, even... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Fears of a clown Aug 9, 2009
(It would take Roberto Benigni and 1997 s Life is Beautiful to render the concept palatable and Oscar-worthy, if still immensely tasteless to many. . (Boston Globe)
Sean Goldman To Speak Out Jun 23, 2009
We've updated CBSNews. NEW YORK, June 22, 2009. (CBS News)
Train victim, 17, identified as Gunn student Jun 4, 2009
Palo Alto Online : Train victim, 17, identified as Gunn senior. Palo Alto Online News. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Benigni's Undaunted Dante May 29, 2009
The actor best known for his Oscar-winning performance in "Life Is Beautiful" -- and his over-the-top acceptance speech -- makes his New York stage debut Saturday at the Hammerstein Ballroom with "Tutto Dante," which combines stand-up comedy with a dramatic recital from Dante's "Divine Comedy." ... " Since "Life Is Beautiful," his film career, at least in America, has stalled. (His "Pinocchio" and "The Tiger and the Snow" both bombed here.) Although Benigni says he was besieged by offers --... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
A summer full of Shakespeare May 25, 2009
If you're in the mood for a different kind of stage show, consider "TuttoDante," the one-man show based on Dante's "Divine Comedy" put together by Roberto Benigni, the Italian actor who so famously went wild when he won the best actor Oscar for his role in "Life Is Beautiful" in 1999. Chad Jones caught up with the actor for his story on Page 31. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas review Apr 28, 2009
That's partly why I hated Life Is Beautiful and didn't much care for Schindler's List ... And yet, millions loved Life Is Beautiful, so what do I know. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation Apr 28, 2009
Remember Life is Beautiful which re-visited the holocaust in a completely new dimension through the experiences of a young boy. Well, this time, it is the tumultuous 1970s in Brazil, when two simultaneous forces were gaining ground. (India Times, India)
On The Road’ again Apr 16, 2009
I ve heard The Road being compared to Life is Beautiful in the discussion boards, comments about the lengths you d go to protect love ones included. That s what I m afraid of. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Powerful film at CIFF documents unknown Holocaust story Mar 20, 2009
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Joaquin Phoenix has taken act too far Mar 13, 2009
(Some contenders under that scenario: Life is Beautiful, Elizabeth, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love. . (MSNBC -- News)
Turkish Man Survives Truck, Train Collision Mar 6, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (03-04) 14:16 PST ISTANBUL, (AP). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
The gold standard Feb 24, 2009
You do realize that under your system, films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) or Life Is Beautiful (1998) would have been eliminated from contention. (). (Daily Orange, NY)
Oscars: Hollywood Insider news Feb 23, 2009
Hollywood Insider Blog. Category: Oscar Watch. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Oscars Bring Stars Together Feb 23, 2009
That was the year that Shakespeare in Love and Life is Beautiful won a raft of awards. Weinstein could only be happy because during the day Saturday Woody Allen picked up his first ever Indie Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for Vicki Cristina Barcelona. (Fox News)
Tears, jeers and cross-dressing: Oscar night drama in store Feb 21, 2009
" More recently, in 2003, actor Adrien Brody stunned viewers and superstar Halle Berry by kissing her passionately on the lips as she presented his best actor statuette, creating an Oscars signature moment. Italian Roberto Benigni made a stir in 1999 when he euphorically leapt onto a chair and jumped from one seat to the next when he won the best foreign film Oscar for Life Is Beautiful. And in 2000, the irreverent creators of the animated show South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, turned up... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Oscar Predictions: It's Mickey Rourke And Kate Winslet's Year Feb 21, 2009
Roberto Benigni in "Life Is Beautiful" over Edward Norton in "American History X". Paul Newman waiting 30 years for his Oscar, and Stanley Kubrick never even winning one. (VHI.com -- Music News)
The little gold man in a new blue world Feb 18, 2009
"When you look at the old shows, you remember those spontaneous moments," said Condon, whose own favorite interlude occurred in 1999, when the "Life Is Beautiful" director and actor Roberto Benigni exuberantly climbed over the seats to accept an award. "They tend to happen when people are feeling loose and alive. So you hope to give people the loosest party you can in which to celebrate.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The Oscar trivia challenge Feb 15, 2009
Sophia Loren (best actress for "Two Women" in 1962); Roberto Benigni (best actor for "Life Is Beautiful" in 1999); Marion Cotillard (best actress for "La Vie En Rose" in 2008). 4. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Romantic Movies Improve Italian Lan... Feb 11, 2009
La Vita ; bella [1997], known also by its English title Life is Beautiful, won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as well as Best Lead Actor for its star Roberto Benigni. The story juxtaposes the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp with the efforts of a Jewish inmate to protect his young son from the realities of their situation through the use of humor and romance. (Suite101.com)
Jess' Weight Tony's Fault Feb 11, 2009
"You would think that they would say, my life is beautiful so I'm stopping all of that stuff and I'm not gonna risk that, but what goes around comes around and he's paying for it now, but I just hope he turns himself around because sometimes you need tragedy to happen to realize what you have.". But on the flip side, actress Shannon Elizabeth was a little more forgiving on the issue. (Fox News)
The Reader Is the Worst Holocaust Movie Ever. Don't Give It an Oscar. Feb 10, 2009
And there certainly have been execrable failures (example: Life Is Beautiful) ... But at least they didn't give these two films Oscar nominations or awards like the disgraceful one given to Life Is Beautiful. (Slate)
Worst films 2008: Awful is the new awesome Feb 8, 2009
Roberto Benigni showed us all the way in Life Is Beautiful, and now this movie picks up the burning flame. Adorable little Auschwitz moppets marching off to the gas chamber and teaching us all a little something about how beautiful life is. (MSNBC -- Movies)
