I should have seen this classic film when I was very young, and I also watched it when I was a film major in college. It is too classic. Now I watch it again, and I really understand a lot.
First of all, the heroine is really beautiful. Charlie in the film is completely a bottom-level person, but in the end, she is a beautiful woman. It must be said that the film was released after the Great Depression, and it was indeed inspiring to the Americans at that time. effect.
Chaplin is worthy of being a real master of comedy. The film has a lot of jokes at the beginning. Even after nearly a hundred years, the jokes in the film are still not out of date, and it still makes people laugh at the postmodern comedy. The influence of genre films including Jim Carrey and Stephen Chow is very obvious. And compared to Jim Carrey's films, Chaplin is a master of black humor, and the irony is particularly obvious. Losing a job/all the time reflects the current situation and people's utilitarianism, which makes people smile.
Of course, this film is always dark and humorous. It looks like a comedy but is actually a tragedy, but the connotation is positive. It allows people to truly cherish the present and the moment. No matter how bad the fate is, no matter how turbulent the current situation is, as long as you always have a positive attitude and the mind to embrace all things, the good things will always come.
Classic, too classic, although it is a black and white silent film, it is indeed the most splendid treasure in the history of film.
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