Speaking of Chaplin, the most memorable one is probably the bread dance in "Gold Rush".
Always a funny face, grinning, a clown alive and well.
But did you know that he was never just a clown, but behind his funny mask is a great soul.
In the 1930s and 1940s of the last century, it was the prime time of Hollywood.
Many classic Hollywood movies were released during this period.
For example, "Gone with the Wind" in 1940 is about a love story of ups and downs during the American Civil War;
In the same year, "The Broken Blue Bridge" talked about another beautiful love that shocked the whole world.
However, at this moment, it happened that he desperately wanted to make "The Great Dictator."
Thanks to the precise popularization of the nine-year compulsory education, we who have taken history courses probably know that this is a classic anti-fascist film.
There is a saying that is widely circulated, saying "Chaplin with a hat, Hitler without a hat".
It's Chaplin who plays two roles in "The Great Dictator".
In this film, Chaplin continues his previous little poor style, playing a Jew who is unlucky everywhere.
However, it is a continuation of the previous style, but there have been qualitative changes both on the surface and in the mainland.
First of all, the first difference is that the film "The Great Dictator" is actually Chaplin's first sound film.
Friends who like to watch Chaplin's movies must have been deeply impressed by his previous images of silent films that were always fascinating, but also cute and funny.
However, in this film, Chaplin spoke for the first time.
If you think that his voice will definitely match his previous acting skills, and deliberately make a very funny and exaggerated voice, you are really wrong.
In this film, although Chaplin is still the same Chaplin, it is also exaggerated and comical. They all have the same formula, but the taste is completely different.
Chaplin here feels like a lot more normal.
He is also the same clown, and he plays the same comics on stage.
But the clown here is different from the previous vacuum-like feeling. He has blood and flesh, pain and emotion.
It's like Chaplin once wrote in the article "Why did I choose the "unfortunate person" as the image? "As it says:
"...I acted on the screen as a poor creature who was timid, frail, and malnourished. But in fact he never gave in to the tormentor. He despised suffering. He was a victim of a miserable situation. , But refuses to accept failure..."
In this "The Great Dictator", the poor life who had been hiding behind the trembling body finally made a sound for the first time.
What is staged is still a funny story, a tragic fate, and a tenacious life.
Another thing worth mentioning is Chaplin's Jewish ancestry.
The heroine in the film is called "Hannah", but this name is actually Chaplin's mother's name.
Chaplin's mother Hannah was a Jew.
However, Chaplin never recognized his Jewish ancestry until "The Great Dictator"...
As I said before, the filming period and the release period of "The Great Dictator" are very delicate.
The world of the 1930s and 1940s was a devastated world.
Just a few years after the First World War, while the world was celebrating peace aloud, a man named Hitler slowly stepped onto the stage of history.
The world situation is becoming increasingly tense, just when everyone is holding their breath and waiting for the aggressor’s butcher knife, even when it comes to him...
Chaplin stood up and filmed "The Great Dictator."
In the play, he plays a purebred Jew.
Of course, we also have to mention another role he played in this show——
Singer
(Hitler's homophonic)
If Charlie, the barber who continues the image of Chaplin himself, is the normalization of Chaplin's drama, then the role of Singer is actually closer to his previous comic style.
But the comical style here always makes you unable to laugh at all.
If you say that he is a comical performance form or artistic charm, but the superb skills and tricks here are completely unsmiling.
Because the exaggeration here really, really, really restores reality.
The barber, as the poor representative, lives diligently and in a panic, but is chased by the police all over the world;
And the madman, who is the representative of neuroticism, is provided for by nearly half of the world in a cowering manner.
So when the so-called "upper humans" ridiculously dominated the annihilation of human nature, in a corner of the world, a clown made a sound...
Filming this film is of course very difficult. Local law-lovers sent him an anonymous letter, saying that if he continues to film this film, he would not mind using bloodshed to solve him.
Even the then President of the United States Roosevelt admitted frankly that the film "The Great Dictator" harmed the foreign relations of the United States.
When the film was officially released, some newspapers deliberately found faults: the length of the film was too long and the subject matter was too serious.
Related committees also claimed that the film attempted to involve the United States in the anti-Hitler alliance.
Of course, if you think that there are no normal humans in the entire world, then of course it is not.
Halfway through the filming, Britain officially declared war on Germany. Just when everyone was sure to win the battle, the Maginot line fell...
The New York office suddenly went crazy and sent a telegram to Chaplin:
"Hurry up and finish your film, everyone is waiting!"
At the end, with Chaplin's shocking speech, we conclude our film review today.
"The Great Dictator"
Chaplin
Unfortunately, I don't want to be emperor, that's not my job. I do not like to rule anyone, nor do I want to conquer anyone. If possible, I would rather help everyone, whether they are Jews or non-Jews, black or white.
We all help each other. This is how you should be. We must build our lives on the happiness of others, not on the suffering of others. Let us not hate each other or despise each other. There are enough places in this world for all people to live. The earth is rich, and it can make everyone well clothed.
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Airplanes and radios have shortened the distance between us. The nature of these things is to bring out the good qualities of human beings; it requires people all over the world to love each other, and it requires us all to unite with each other. In the world today, millions of people hear my voice—millions of disappointed men, women, and children—all of them are victims of a system that makes people tortured and treats the innocent. Thrown into prison. I want to say to those who can hear me: "Don't despair." We are suffering now only because those who are afraid of human progress vent their grievances and satisfy their greed before they are about to die. The hatred of these people will disappear, the dictator will die, and the power they have taken from the people will return to the people. As long as we are not afraid of death, freedom will never disappear.
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Warriors! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for freedom! In the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke, it is written that the kingdom of God is in the heart of man! Not in the heart of one person or a group of people, but in the hearts of all people! In your heart! You people have power! Have the power to create machines. Have the power to create happiness-your people have the power to build your own beautiful life-make life meaningful. So, for the sake of democracy, let us fight and build a new world, a better world. It will give everyone a chance to work, it will give young people a bright future, and the elderly will live a stable life. life.
The beasts used these promises to steal power. But they are lying! They never fulfill their promises. They will never fulfill their promise! Dictators enjoy their own freedom, but they make the people slaves. Now, let us fight, in order to liberate the world, in order to eliminate national barriers, in order to eliminate greed, hatred, and stubbornness. Let us fight to build a sane world in which science and progress will bring happiness to all of us. Soldiers, let us unite for democracy!
Hannah, do you hear what I'm talking about? No matter where you are now, look up and take a look! Look up, Hannah! The dark clouds are dissipating! The sun shines! We are leaving the darkness and entering the light! We are entering a new world-a cuter world, where people will overcome their greed, their hatred, their cruelty. Look up, Hannah! Human souls have already grown wings, and they will finally fly with their wings. They flew into the red neon-into the brilliance of hope. Look up, Hannah! Look up!
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