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City Lights (City Lights) 1931
This " City Lights " If you don’t count the ones I watched on TV as a kid, it’s my first silent movie. What I didn't expect was that compared with the sound film, this silent film brought me more joy and sorrow.
Looking at the story of the film now, it is very simple. A street tramp, although poor, he is kind, caring and helpful. He saved a tycoon who wanted to commit suicide. Whenever the tycoon was not awake, they became good friends. After waking up, they became different from each other and completely forgot about him. At the same time, he fell in love with a blind flower girl and wanted to help her. Driven by love, the tramp borrowed money from the tycoon to treat the blind girl’s eyes, but was mistaken as a thief and caught him. After being released from prison, I ran into a blind girl who had cured her eyes. After recognizing each other, the story of the film ended.
This movie describes the joys, anger and sorrow of the little people in the city. Like the name of the movie, although the homeless man is poor, he is the light of the city. Because of him, the world is so beautiful. He is poor, he has no culture, but he has a heart of love, and he is willing to give everything for the person he loves. He was willing to do coolies and went to boxing regardless of the safety of his life. All he did was something that the wealthy people in the upper class would never do, and they would not care about the life or death of a blind girl. Through this sharp contrast, the director reflects the cruelty and indifference of the real society. This status quo is most obvious in the rich man. When he is sober, his six relatives do not recognize him, which is the real him. After being drunk, he can only treat the tramp as a friend, and the rich are even more lonely around him. As a silent film of the 1930s, such a profound theme and connotation can be unearthed, and it is worthy of being a masterpiece in history. I finally know why a silent film can rank so high in IMDB250.
In addition to the profound themes, the comic scenes and various hilarious points of the film are also one of the advantages. I am not very familiar with the style of this film, but Charles Chaplin turned the various details in the film into reasonable laughs, which is admirable. There are many scenes in the film that make my stomach hurt when I laugh, such as dancing on the dance floor and saving people by the river. The comic scenes in the film are designed exquisitely and uniquely, and the actors' performances are also very well-designed. Every position and every action seems to have been carefully designed, which looks reasonable and just right, which is really amazing. Now, you can never see this style of movie anymore.
As a silent film, the music of the film must be mentioned. The music is closely integrated with the plot, which plays a role in supporting the plot of the film, which is very beautiful. In addition to music, the sound effects of this film are even better. Whenever a funny scene appears, all kinds of strange sound effects will appear at the right time, adding more capital and color to the film, which is great. If there is no excellent sound effect, the effect of laughter will be greatly reduced.
Movies of this style have very high requirements for the actor's body movements and expressions. The actors in this film perfectly interpret these roles. The specific names of these actors are not very easy to find. It can only be said that they are all excellent, especially the actor who plays the monopoly, who is not inferior to Charles Chaplin at all. In addition, Jean Harlow, who plays the blind female protagonist of the film, is very beautiful. Although she plays a blind female, her eyes are full of spirituality as if she could speak.
In short, this is a movie that gave me a great surprise. Charles Chaplin is indeed brilliant, a great master of film.
Serial: 0340
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2011-05-09
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