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Life is Beautiful: A moderated discussion on unconventional Holocaust representation Additional Resources for Future Viewing/Reading, prepared by Jeremy Maron Reading Ben-Ghiat, Ruth, “The Secret Histories of Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful,” Yale Journal of Criticism 14.1 (2001), 253-266. Denby, David, “In the Eye of the Beholder: Another Look at Roberto Benigni’s Holocaust Fantasy,” New Yorker, 15 March 1999), 96. de Felice, Renzo, The Jews in Fascist Italy: A History, translated by Robert L. Miller (New York: Enigma Books, 2001). Loy, Rosetta, First Words: A Childhood in Fascist Italy, translated by Gregory Conti (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2000). Marcus, Millicent, Italian Film in the Shadow of Auschwitz (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 200 Maron, Jeremy, “Theatrical Games and the Gift of a Fable: Performance vs. Reality in Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful,” Stages of Reality: Theatricality in Cinema, André Loiselle and Jeremy Maron, eds. (University of Toronto Press, 2012), 160-182. Niv, Kobi. Life is Beautiful, but not for Jews: Another View of the Film by Benigni (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003). Zimmerman, Joshua (ed) Jews in Italy under Fascist and Nazi Rule, 1922-1945 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Zuccotti, Susan, The Italians and the Holocaust (New York: Basic Books, 1987. Viewing (Note: Not all films may be suitable for all viewers. Viewer discretion is advised) Il Conformista (The Conformist, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Vittorio de Sica, 1970) Il portiere di notte (The Night Porter, Lilliana Caviani, 1974) Jona che visse nella balena (Jonah Who Lived in the Whale, Roberto Faenza, 1993) Kapò (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1960). La caduta degli dei (The Damned, Luchino Visconti, 1969) La ciociara (Two Women, Vittorio de Sica, 1960) La strada di Levi (Primo Levi’s Journey, Davide Ferrario, 2006) La tregua (The Truce, Francesco Rosi, 1997) Memoria (Ruggero Gabbai, 1996) Settebellezze (Seven Beauties, Lina Wertmüller, 1975) .

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