The factory owner kept asking to speed up the production line. When other workers swallowed it and worked hard, only "Chaplin" dared to "take a break". Although he is small, he can still go his own way in the face of criticism and threats from tall and strong co-workers. Without a house or bread, he can still maintain himself in the face of the risk of unemployment. This is the performance of his not being restrained by the world, insisting on himself, and being brave to resist.
Scenario 2:
The protagonist Charlie is rolled in and out of the machine, and the tool man who is turned into a numb machine by the assembly line actually wants to tighten the nut on the human nose and buttons. The close-up of the internal gears of the big clock at the beginning clearly describes the absurdity of oppression in society at that time.
Scenario 3:
Workers are deprived of their time to eat, so eating machines are invented to allow workers to free up their hands and feet to continue working while eating. But the machine went awry, and Chaplin's face was covered in food. The spicy and sharp satire of the film reveals the harsh reality that workers are oppressed by capital and squeeze their last blood and sweat. At the same time, it also arouses the audience's reflection on "the alienation of human nature in industrial society". The workers who have been brainwashed by machines will always show people that Numb and dull expression.
Scenario 4:
The beautiful heroine who stole bananas at the pier, with an innocent and happy expression on her face after getting the bananas, and her playful movements when she runs away. And the scenes of her and her family encouraging each other, comforting each other, and loving each other.
Family is our eternal support, and home is always our warmest haven. No wonder people at that time wanted to own a house so much, even if the house was not solid on the surface, but in the heart of its owner, the house, like a home, was the most solid and reliable.
Scenario 5:
The hero wipes away tears for the heroine, and then "Buck up-never say die. We'll get along!" appears on the screen. The hero and heroine encourage each other and walk forward hand in hand with a smile...
Compared with them, we now have a home and a job, so why are there so many people or hearts crying now? It is not that we are more unfortunate than them, but that we demand too much, but that our eyes are more focused on some unsatisfactory things in life, which magnifies the pain. Our eyes are blinded by our hearts.
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