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Amara 2022-01-18 08:01:18
A movie-watching experience full of past feelings
Inspired by a certain literary young woman, last night I went to the Xinguangying Yiyuan at the intersection of Ningbo Road and Guangxi North to watch the 1947 Chaplin film "Mr. Verdoux". It is really an area that is inconsistent with its "5 minutes walk from People's Square", narrow streets, old...
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Demetrius 2022-01-18 08:01:18
The cold heart melted briefly
I think Chaplin is the most complicated and elusive character in Hollywood history. He is a hard-core leftist, and in the second half of his life, he was swept out by the US government because of his political beliefs and could only live in Switzerland. At the same time, he was accused by many...
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Eldora 2022-03-28 09:01:11
He, is no longer the uncontested Charlot, when he appeared on the big screen in a didactic way, people did not feel that he was the once funny Charlot, but a personable and knowledgeable person. The gentleman, he questioned everything in this world in an elderly manner. Only on the boat did I see the smile of the once little tramp. Almost burst into tears. . When the film draws to a close and Verdue goes down the road of death, do we get it?
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Nathaniel 2022-03-25 09:01:19
I have watched too few of Chaplin's films. Today, I watched "The Gold Rush" and "Mr. Verdus", which are rich and profound. I've placed him above Woody Allen, Spielberg, Coppola, and can be in the first rank with Orwell, Kurosawa, Bergman, and David Lynn.
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Henri Verdoux: These are desperate days, my dear. Millions starving and unemployed.
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Reporter: You'll have to admit, crime doesn't pay, does it?
Henri Verdoux: No, sir. Not in a small way.
Reporter: What do you mean?
Henri Verdoux: To be successful in anything, one must be well-organized.
Reporter: You're not leaving the world with that cynical remark?
Henri Verdoux: To be idealistic in this moment would be incongruous, don't you think?
Reporter: What's all this talk about good and evil?
Henri Verdoux: Arbitrary forces, my good fellow. Too much of either will destroy us all.
Reporter: We can never have too much good in the world.
Henri Verdoux: Trouble is, we've never had enough. We don't know.
Reporter: Listen, Verdoux, I've been your friend all through the trial. Now, give me a break, a story with a moral to it! You, the tragic example of a life of crime.
Henri Verdoux: I don't see how anyone can be an example in these criminal times.
