The movie can be connected to Night, because at the end both Elie and Joshua's father died. And they both talk about the Holocaust. Both the book and film show or talk about they labors inmates are supposed to accomplish, and the crematorium as well. At the end both are liberated as well. Many lives were lost in both book and movie. Through the gas chambers and crematorium, which were in both stories. But the movie had more of a humorous side to it. Even in the concentration camp there were a lot of funny moments. In Night, there is rarely anything funny to be read. Both also have a very powerful impact for the viewer. Night is much more serious, and focuses in more detail of events that happened in the camp. "Life is Beautiful" being a movie could not do that, because it didn't even focus on the Holocaust until half of the movie.
"Life is Beautiful" can also be connected to real life stories. It had a lot of true information, and it is similar to Ellie's story. And another person who I read about in an article, who literally baked to save his life. Guido was a waiter for some of the Nazis, which was like how the baker was baking for the Nazis. But being a waiter didn't save Guido, but it did save the baker. In Night, Elie cared for his father, while in the movie, Guido cared for his son. So that is kind of similar. And in both book and film, family got separated, it was at the very end of the movie where Guido gets separated from his son, and gets killed. In Night, Elie and his father get separated from Elie's mother and sister. But the book is real and the movie is not, so that may be the biggest difference.
"Life is Beautiful" is a really humorous movie in the beginning and even in the camp, when it takes a more serious tone. Guido is a funny guy and falls in love with Dora, and they always met in a weird way. And Guido is hardly ever serious while talking to her, he always calls her princess, and say other funny things. He does this thing that his friend told him about. If you concentrate enough for something you want to happen, it will happen. And Guido does this several times in the movie, wiggling his fingers for extra affect, and it works every time. When him and Joshua are going to the concentration camp, Guido goes to a great extent to make him think it's a game so Joshua won't get scared. Like translating the Nazi officer's instructions to game rules that are really funny. And telling his son that if you win the game you get a real tank, which actually sort of happens. So there is a very good amount of humor in the movie, which gives it a unique feel. If you hear about other Holocaust stories they are very serious, and so is this, but in a funny way.
There are many points where life is shown as beautiful in the movie. Like when Dora and Guido are in love like in some Disney movie, and Dora is going to get married to another man but literally is taken away by Guido and gets married to him instead. And how Guido goes around working as a waiter and doing a bunch of other things having a good time because he is always joking around. And also how Guido sacrifices himself so his son and wife could live, he treasured their life over his, and risked his life to save them. It looks like Guido is making everyone else's life beautiful, most of whom he meets are delighted to talk to him. No wonder why the movie is called "Life is Beautiful".
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