I don't think I need to go into details about Chaplin. Many people think that his best movie is Modern Age, but I think it is this one.
As we all know, many of Chaplin's films are full of criticism and satire of reality, and then they all explode in the film's ridge. Needless to say, the film also buries a lot of memes to satirize the ignorance of the bourgeoisie, and buries it deeper and more ironically.
For example, the part of the rich and drunk is better. He always ignores people and confuses right and wrong when he is sober, but he is very good when he is drunk. It is not necessary to say that this idea not only satisfies the audience, but also achieves irony.
In many of Chaplin's films, he will go to the girls, which is actually understandable, that is, don't take off the time and delay the theme. Many of his films are because of this, I feel relatively unsuccessful, but the theme of this one is to help blind girls heal their eyes. As long as this point is correct, he will not think about other things. But if the subject is something else, beware that Chaplin may have missed the point. Although the film satirizes the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie, the warmth of helping the blind woman raise money is revealing the love of humanity.
Finally, let's talk about the ending. I don't think it's necessary to go into the annals of history, and it's even a little unfinished. Because it is too full. Putting all expectations in front of the audience, let me take a picture where I would first take the picture of the homeless meeting the perfect ending, the result is what he imagined, and in fact he glanced at the flower girl and walked away.
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