Ambitious and huge in length, the theme has risen from the former love affair to anti-war and family and country feelings, completely announcing Chaplin's transformation from a sideshow to a master of art. It seems that the promotion of artistic status is directly proportional to the accumulation of financial budgets.
There are shells and linings, and with their own very distinctive artistic characteristics, the shells contain the inner core of universal value.
Comedy and tragedy complement each other, making the comedy a tragic color, making the tragedy even more tragic. This unique tragicomedy is Chaplin's best play, and the later ones include "Life is Beautiful" and "Jojo Rabbit".
Chaplin's theme of "anti-industrial, calling for humanity" is very profound. The last paragraph is transcribed and recited in full, the universal values of the world.
The industrial age leaves us only with desire, our knowledge makes us cynical, our cleverness makes us ruthless, we think too much and perceive too little. In addition to machines, we need humanity more, and in addition to intelligence, we need kindness.
Do not hate, only those who have no love and no nature can hate.
Soldiers, fight not for slavery, but for freedom!
notes:
When the Nazi dictatorship was at its most rampant, and under the pressure of fascism, he had to admire Chaplin's courage and justice. - "The dictators will die, and the rights they have taken from the people will be returned to the people."
If it weren't for that speech, the film would have been averaged: even with that speech, the jokes in the first half of it look like they're not just political parodies that are still popular on TV 70 years later!
I feel more and more that comedians have a strong tragic color, even stronger than tragic characters.
Chaplin said: Comedy use the long shot, tragedy use the close shot.
A great example of a comedy political film.
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