Bernard Nedell

Gabriel 2022-01-18 08:01:18

This is Chaplin’s second film with sound. In the film era where there is no need to design a lot of actions to express the plot, Chaplin can express richer and more conflicting plots through simultaneous voice, but the actions of the past silent film era It hasn't completely disappeared. The...

Pearlie 2022-01-18 08:01:18

Unlike the previous works of comedy master Charlie Chaplin, "Mr. Verdoux" can be regarded as his transcendence and breakthrough. In this movie, he no longer tells the story of a tramp with tears in his laughter. Instead, he transforms into a modern version of "Blue Beard", relying on killing his...

Alexanne 2022-04-24 07:01:22

I didn't want to see him wearing a gang and revealing his stuff until later. . . Why? ! Is it Stockholm Syndrome? ! I never thought that the master of comedy, who made me laugh at the thought of it, dedicated such a strange film, and the performance is not inferior to any other film.

Eve 2022-04-22 07:01:48

This film belongs to an atypical Chaplin work. It not only speaks, but also has dense lines and even words; the protagonist is also different from a homeless or a worker. He has become a middle-class struggling to climb up. Defrauding the trust of the lady, murdering and stealing property, showing a fierce side. In the context of the Great Depression, the financialization of capital (stock market), and World War II, Mr. Verdus was clearly a criminal, but he realized before his death that people come and go, and he ran around for his wife and children and even committed murders, etc. After losing the goal, everything becomes meaningless, basically equivalent to surrendering. Maybe I didn't understand, I just faced my own crimes with helplessness, and dying can even get rid of the life of the walking dead. Although it did not reach the peak of the modern era, it contained more thinking, the characters were more multifaceted, and the transformation was reasonable.