tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476417299747774792.post1559972776176713248..comments2010-05-03T17:58:21.012-07:00Comments on Italian Film: Francesco Rosi’s The Truce (1997)EMPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909577715589827049noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476417299747774792.post-59462722492727696522007-12-17T21:10:00.000-08:002007-12-17T21:10:00.000-08:00I think there are a lot of aspects to this film wh...I think there are a lot of aspects to this film which make is moving for an audience to view, and these aspects are not all based on the content of the film. I've never seen "Life is Beautiful", however watching this film, and reading your posts may have swayed me into viewing it. I have never seen another film which tackles the aftermath of something as horrible as the Holocaust, and definately never one which shows so many varying views. To witness the soldiers and the prisoners BOTH have emotional reactions to the events, that is something that I enjoyed.HeatherWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871245435269803669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476417299747774792.post-91716121200705446382007-12-17T19:56:00.000-08:002007-12-17T19:56:00.000-08:00I have to disagree with H's comment about this fil...I have to disagree with H's comment about this film being better than Benigni's. I always am cautious to use terms like "better" or "worse;" I prefer... different!<BR/><BR/>I can appreciate how both films tackle this very sensitive topic in a way that is still eye opening to the public.<BR/><BR/>In defense of "Life is Beautiful," I think its use of comedy an romance is actually what makes it so compelling for audiences. As a result of these aspects, the audience is given the chance to grow closer to the characters and as a result feels not only their joy, but the pain the war costs them in the end. And those who have seen it know, this film has a mixed emotional ending.<BR/><BR/>I can appreciate "The Truce" for other aspects worth mentioning, especially the use of poetry in the film. I found our class discussion interesting as to how the film might have felt different in the end had the entire poem been cited.<BR/><BR/>A very interesting blog discussion here everyone!sficanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645195161389700657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476417299747774792.post-45418801052419730232007-12-11T21:02:00.000-08:002007-12-11T21:02:00.000-08:00I thought this film was very moving and as H menti...I thought this film was very moving and as H mentioned, covered something rarely discussed in Holocaust portrayals: what came after. The story is always about the soldiers who liberated the camps, and we are taught that everything miraculously fell into place after that. But you never really understand the brevity of such a traumatic event until you view something like this.JeSuisBlondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572708430704219669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476417299747774792.post-10992872731034236652007-12-03T12:33:00.000-08:002007-12-03T12:33:00.000-08:00Personally the Truce is much better than Benigni's...Personally the Truce is much better than Benigni's film. There is far more substance. A genuine account from a survivor is going to be taken more seriously than a comedy of tragedy. I thought the most interesting aspect to the film is that it is a story of return. Most of the films that I have seen that relate to the holocaust show what happens before and during the internment in the camps or just in general before the war is over. Rarely have I seen in film the aftermath of such a tragic event in history. It seems as though we are not only seeing one man's return home but also a man's trip to reclaim his sense of self.H Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809033262712280536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476417299747774792.post-62944604137383326392007-11-23T07:03:00.000-08:002007-11-23T07:03:00.000-08:00Benigni's "La vita e` bella" came out in Italy onl...Benigni's "La vita e` bella" came out in Italy only the 20th December 1997. In other countries, it came out months later and won the Academy Awards in 1999. In 2002, then, the Italian tv broadcasted "Perlasca. Un eroe italiano," a tv-movie about Giorgio Perlasca, sort of an Italian Oskar Schindler. As far as I know, before and after "La tregua," nothing else was produced in Italy regarding this topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476417299747774792.post-87744678689559001732007-11-20T16:31:00.000-08:002007-11-20T16:31:00.000-08:00And what is Roberto Benigni's La vita è bella of 1...And what is Roberto Benigni's <I>La vita è bella</I> of 1997, chopped liver? That film came out the same year as <I>La Tregua</I> and also looked at the Holocaust from a different perspective than the usual.<BR/><BR/>I'll have more to say on <I>La Tregua</I> another day.AlonsoDelartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298438456350173382noreply@blogger.com