Limelight Comments

  • Darrion 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    The old Chaplin and Keaton on the same stage, too precious. When Chaplin put on his old costume, with a familiar smile, and performed on the stage, his heart was inexplicably sad. Am I thinking too much? In the movie, Chaplin plays, obviously it is...

  • Gaylord 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    The radio drama I listened to on the radio back then didn't know it was the work of the comedy master Chaplin. I just thought the story was very touching, and the theme music brushed across my face like silk...

  • Bradford 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    The final peak of Chaplin, who is also the editor, director, director and composer, the final result is still a classic, no matter whether the film is self-pity, but it shows the state of mind when people are in a low state. identify. The life experience of being so calm and unable to tell a joke after so many encounters is a vivid illustration of our predicament. Zhuo's discussions on love and life never fall into the stereotypes of the...

  • Arnold 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    The historical significance of the film is far greater than the film itself, no matter how great a comedian has a late day, the only intersection between Chaplin and Keaton. When the two ensemble at the end of the film, there is no need to compare who is greater. This is the end of an era. The familiar tramp has also changed into unfamiliar modern clothes. Chaplin with white hair brings His silent film era has come to an end quietly, and it is difficult to integrate into the sound film era...

  • Marge 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    Chaplin's films are very in-depth, but I always feel that his ability to grasp the lines is not good. I can't appreciate his sound films. Conversely, Buster Keaton's cameo lines are really infectious. Buster Keaton seemed to be slightly better at acting when the two finally worked together on stage. #Busterbrainfans really think Buster Keaton is amazing....

  • Elizabeth 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    The golden intersection of the life curves of the male and female protagonists constitutes a fable about dying in a proper place. It is very strong with the theme of "performer", especially the setting of this one is purer than most of the love works incorporated. However, although the play in the play is humorous, the overall picture is not as good as "Children of Heaven" (1945), perhaps because the latter is not so...

  • Reanna 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    (9/10) Rarely see Chaplin and Keaton in the same movie, but Keaton's part is only in the last performance at the end of the credits. Interestingly, this climax is a silent performance, their stage is a silent film after all, and this work is actually announcing that their era has...

  • Tia 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    [Exhibited at China Film Archive] For Chaplin and Buster Keaton, it was indeed an elegy of the times played to themselves. In the 1940s and 1950s, when Hollywood movies bloomed, this Chaplin movie was like the joker in the film, cliché and outdated, not funny, and very bitter. The ending is both gratifying and endlessly sad. I can't tell whether the audience's applause is sincere or well-intentioned, how helpless. Samsung and a...

  • Alphonso 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    Very sad, especially the scene with Keaton, the end of two...

  • Adella 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    Chaplin really put all his life skills into play in the sound film: soundtrack, violin, poetry. And silent film body and expression. All that is asked is to call out love in the hearts of the audience. Even if the heroine says "I love you!" over and over again, it can't stop the wheel of the times. Died in laughter and applause is the master's own expectations. First time watching this tearjerker on the big screen. PS: Is the US Broadcasting Bureau swollen to see the tendency of...

Extended Reading

Limelight quotes

  • Calvero: I want to forget the public.

    Terry: Never. You love them too much.

    Calvero: I'm not so sure. Maybe I love them, but I don't admire them.

    Terry: I think you do.

    Calvero: As individuals, yes. There's greatness in everyone. But as a crowd, they're like a monster without a head that never knows which way it's going to turn. It can be prodded in any direction.

  • Calvero: What did you do?

    Terry: I just ran and wept. Ran and wept.

    Calvero: Then what happened?

    Terry: I tried to forget.

Limelight

Director: Charles Chaplin

Language: English Release date: October 31, 1952