This is the greatest movie I've seen so far. During World War II, he dared to fight in this way. This man who was always silent, spoke with wisdom. How many people were inspired at that time! But even now watching the movie is still so inspiring. Chaplin once thought that his films were outdated. In fact, even today in 2020, his films are still difficult to surpass in terms of art and thought, and are constantly imitated and paid tribute.
If "Modern Times" is a half-push and half-hearted expression by Chaplin, who was once opposed to sound films, then "The Great Dictator" is undoubtedly a masterpiece in which Chaplin accepts sound films and controls sound films perfectly. In the era of silent films, his voice to control the rhythm and express his emotions was mainly through music, but the sound film that once worried him made his expression more diverse, more direct, and more penetrating! For example, when Hickler's terrifying bird-speaking manifesto spread everywhere, the Jews were struggling with fear and despair. No music was used throughout the whole process, but Hickler's terrifying language rhythm was used to render the whole emotion and control the overall rhythm. It's more powerful than music. Imagine that if you express this paragraph in the form of a silent film, there may be a paragraph of lines followed by a piece of music, and this effect is obviously not ideal. And because of the blessing of lines and ambient sounds in this movie, the proportion of music has been significantly weakened, but it does not affect the emotional expression of the movie at all. In the more than ten years since the sound film was formed, the directors were amazing in their use of voice, especially lines. They were very good at using language rhythm to control emotions and rhythm. Also escape", which is really worth learning from contemporary filmmakers.
Another advantage of silent film directors is that in the control and application of music, they are far more than current directors. It is more about the expression of humorous emotions and amazing performance. And now there are many film and television dramas whose soundtracks are messed up, we really need to learn this, and pay tribute to the master!
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