A poor woman abandoned her child, a homeless man wearing a pair of ripped gloves walked on the dilapidated street, he should not be so kind, and he is not so selfless, maybe he just felt sorry for the baby, he adopted the baby completely in the Helpless, but his innocent nature made him accept the life destined to be with the baby. Although it is a mime, as the music changes from sadness to joy, there is nothing superfluous in the fifty-minute movie. Chaplin firmly grasps the rhythm of the audience in his every movement. Black and white silent films reveal black silk. Humor and warmth in consciousness.
I went to check the release date of this film, and sure enough, it was in 1921 after the First World War. The United States was in a period of economic crisis, and the serious polarization between the rich and the poor was clearly filmed in the film. This film with a seemingly clear theme actually contains There are a lot of things, so I will pick a few to discuss.
The first is that at the beginning of the film, "The mother s sin is motherhood" is typed. Her original sin is motherhood. In fact, this can be discussed in two dimensions. The first is to think about this woman only from the perspective of an individual. Take it out, I guess the birth of the baby may be the combination of her and the scumbag, and the abandonment of the baby is her selfishness and irresponsibility. Before giving birth to the child, she should consider that she does not have any ability to raise a new born. baby. After she became famous, she continued to look for babies, donated charity to children in the slums, and tipped the flower girl a lot. It can be seen that she felt guilty about her abandoning the child, but I think she felt sorry for herself. , instead of being sorry for her child, all she did was try to make up for her conscience. From this dimension, her original sin is indeed motherhood. And if we look at the story in the dimension of the times, then her original sin is poverty, and after the economic crisis and the end of the war, everyone is in danger. Because of poverty, there is such a behavior that goes against the world. In fact, when I was watching it, I thought it was Hirokazu Koreeda's "The Thief Family". Can't talk about conscience. The 1921 American film produced a question that is worth thinking about today: "Should I have a child without money?" The answer to this question is clear, but there are always people who practice and repeat the same mistakes.
The second is the dream of a homeless man that appeared before the end of the film. There are only angels and demons in dreamland. The religious connotation of this film is actually quite strong. I simply guess that Chaplin should be a Christian. Chaplin portrayed the character of Charlo as simple, innocent and never giving up hope for life. No matter how difficult the predicament was, Charlo could deal with it with a relaxed attitude. He would raise a baby when he suddenly came. Now, when the baby suddenly disappeared, he kept looking for it. In his dream, the angel does not have the purity of the angel. The angel has lust and selfishness, and the devil joins forces to knock him down. Only the child ran out and lay on his body. In fact, I don't understand this very well. If it is, it should be to show that in an era when everyone is in danger, people have become selfish and narrow-minded, and Charlo's innocence and kindness are extremely rare and precious.
The core of the third tragedy is deduced in a comedy way, and finally it is a happy ending. I don’t like this ending very much. It is not so much that it does not conform to the reality trend. Live to get the ending you want.
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