Do not despair!

Ulices 2022-04-20 09:01:17

"An adventure of a Jewish barber because of his resemblance to the dictator Hitler."

An excellent color sound film born in 1940. Since the birth of sound films in 35 years, Chaplin starred in the first black and white film Modern Times with sound in the following year.

A classic that is as important as the historical significance of the film.

The story takes place between the two wars, 1918-1939.

How did the bomb effect work? How did you take the picture in the air? What about antigravity? (It is said that it is really shot upside down)

In my childhood memory, Chaplin was a kind of vulgar comedy, but when I watched this film, I realized that Chaplin's cold humor is famous all over the world for no reason.

The hitler speech at the beginning is really ironic, but isn't it a bit long...

Great long shot of running from the street to the end and back to the street after being smashed by a frying pan.

Hitler's subordinates said that they should get rid of black hair, which is too ironic. Hitler himself had black hair.

The part of hanging curtains in the office and playing with the earth model with bgm is really indescribable admiration.

The narrative is smooth, the logic is tight, and it is a masterpiece that never tires of watching.

The German that Chaplin learned was hilarious. Hitler and Mussolini at the station and arguing at the restaurant were so classic.

In the end, the culprit was arrested but the head of state was arrested! Barber fled but was treated as the head of state!

The final speech is simply a shadow of history.

Look him in the eyes, Do not despair! Let us all unite!

How excited would I have been if I had seen this film during the tormented World War II.

Looking up at the sky, seeing the rainbow of hope, and hearing the horn of hope - Hannah, that is each of us!

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Extended Reading
  • Hope 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    Taken in 1940. Due to the deepening of the political and social significance of the characters Chaplin wanted to create and the expansion of the ideological scale, it is no longer possible to blindly use silent films. However, Chaplin only put in dialogue where necessary, still implemented his simple shooting skills, and scoffed at "Hollywood's cheap gimmicks", but his carefully designed and repeatedly modified shots helped him cross the "sound barrier" and created this scene. masterpiece. while in

  • Glenna 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    In fact, it is not as artistic as the works of Chaplin's silent films at their peak, but it still takes courage to make such a film when the Nazis were at their most arrogant. As Chaplin's first sound film, the last seven-minute speech is already recognized as the best speech in Chaplin's acting career.

The Great Dictator quotes

  • Hannah: Life could be wonderful if people'd leave you alone.

  • Hannah: Do you ever daydream? I do. That's the only time I'm really happy. Dreaming.

    [pause]

    Hannah: Sometimes I get so carried away I don't know what I'm doing. Aren't you like that?