I watched this movie last night. I cried when I saw it after two o'clock in the evening, and didn't fall asleep for a long time.
This is a silent black-and-white film with a realistic theme. It tells the story of a man whose heart is higher than the sky, but in the end he can only be a clown who has been laughed at by himself. Although filmed in a Hollywood environment, the performance of the cold society and the numb crowd is not restrained at all.
At least in my opinion, this man is still an optimist, he is still different from those who are willing to be ordinary.... It's just that that unrealistic ideal not only can't be realized in his life, but also leads him to the brink of even more abjection. I think I can stand up to the masses, but I have to admit that I am born to be only one of them. This is the sadness of not having enough capital to be pretentious.
But who can know if they have capital?
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