For ordinary silent films, it would be very difficult for me to watch the film alone in front of a black screen, but when I watched the film "City Lights" last night, although I was alone Sitting in front of the computer and watching, but Chaplin's unique funny, funny, humorous actions, plus a lot of "little smart" antics that show the uniqueness of small people, are beyond my expectations. I laughed out loud, and after watching it, I was even more impressed with Chaplin's acting skills.
The image of the tramp played by Chaplin is so classic! He was always "sneak attack" and "played" by others when he was unprepared, and was often ridiculed by people. But even so, he can always escape disaster with his unique "little cleverness", and play around with those so-called "smart and noble" people. Although he is poor and living on the streets, he is kind-hearted, compassionate, and willing to help others, doing his best to help people in need. In the film, in order to help the flower girl pay rent and treat her eyes, he spared no effort to do work and fight boxing. This kind of spirit was really rare in the society at that time!
However, there are still a few funny scenes in the film that are similar to other films. For example, the scene where the statue almost falls into the pit while walking back and forth on the roadside reminds me of the roller skating scene in "Modern Times". And the scene of being followed by a bear at the beginning of "The Gold Rush", in these several scenes, the audience was sweating for it, but he seemed to have God's help to save the day; in addition, in Chaplin's film In the book, it often shows the scenes of the balls of the upper-class aristocrats and rich people, and shows all kinds of ugly phenomena of the aristocratic and rich people.
But despite this, the film is still a classic, and it seems more mature. For Chaplin, I can only use such an old-fashioned word to describe: genius!
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