If you say its name, it no longer exists. Thus begins the clever riddle Dr. Lessing presents to Guido Orefice in the exceptionally moving film Life is Beautiful. Notwithstanding its charming first act, that movie, and the epoch in history it depicts, showcase the ego in all its ugliness. But the Holocaust also presented an opportunity for the ego's transcendence in such extraordinary individuals as the fictional Guido and the real-life Viktor Frankl.
Life is Beautiful
Life is Beautiful
Life is Beautiful
If you say its name, it no longer exists. Thus begins the clever riddle Dr. Lessing presents to Guido Orefice in the exceptionally moving film Life is Beautiful. Notwithstanding its charming first act, that movie, and the epoch in history it depicts, showcase the ego in all its ugliness. But the Holocaust also presented an opportunity for the ego's transcendence in such extraordinary individuals as the fictional Guido and the real-life Viktor Frankl.