Regardless of other unfamiliar actors in the film, and regardless of the perspective of the script and the presentation of the autobiography, as far as Downey’s performance is concerned, this kind of mood of watching his 27-year-old works in reverse order is both sad and gratifying. I didn't know each other early, but I was so relieved that I finally knew each other in my life. He not only imitated Charlie's walking and even performed exaggerated physical comedy movements, but also figured out Charlie's poverty and helplessness from his childhood, his arrogance and self-confidence in his youth, his stubbornness in his middle age, and his calmness and indifference in his later years.
In his own way, he showed Charlie's sensitivity, intelligence, cunning and cuteness, and at the same time revealed the dedication and persistence of a talented comedian to his career. Because he was close to the bottom and mocked the rich with ridicule, he lost a lot, but got the most. The audience’s love, although you can vaguely see the youth of Downey’s youthfulness and tenderness, but it’s just appearance and not acting. You know, he started his stage career at the age of five, too early to be taken away from his childhood where he could play games, too early. Seeing the absurdity and power of the adult world, even though as an acting family, you must feed yourself before you can survive. This is not only Charlie's past page, but also Downey's black and white childhood.
In order to live and protect his mother, Charlie began to entertain the audience with a skilled clown performance. He seemed to be able to figure out their laughter and let an drunkard who fell unsteadily win the audience's attention on the side stage, the upper middle class at that time. The class hasn't changed much from the old hobby of watching people and beasts fighting blood. A little bit, his ambition burns like a spark in his thin body. The angel who sings of bees and honeysuckle has grown up. He started his first love. He used his budding aesthetics and shyness and bold pursuit to love Heidi, a beautiful girl from almost the same background. Downey’s eyes were like roses that just bloomed. That was Charlie’s first love. , The emotional palpitations that could not be avoided in her life, the girl rejected him, but also encouraged him, Charlie seized the opportunity to follow Kano's original, it should be only to obtain the money and status that he did not have, a very real idea.
When I came to the United States, I saw film making. The fascinated young man watched the silent film three times in one breath. Surprise and thinking quickly gave birth to his inspiration. From the props room, the Charles he created came out for the first time. Here, old Charlie Continue to be humorous, making it as if the hat is flying over by itself, and we know how to smile, watching the funny man who messed up everything wearing big-toed leather shoes and dancing with a cane.
A magnificent performance began, humor and ridicule hung on Charlie’s mouth, he became famous, well-dressed, the director would fight with other people for him, he mastered the audience, he wanted more, and Downey took care of himself. The pride and ambition of the graceful young Charlie is revealed through daily life. Taking off that costume, he is always psychologically opposed to the rich—their appearance of grace cannot conceal the hypocrisy and inner heart. greedy..
He is more and more like a clown. The connotation of a clown is to sacrifice his own image to portray the helplessness of a humble person when being mocked. He is amused by the people at the bottom. They can understand the resistance to fate and bullying behind the clown’s smile. The joy of their oppressors fighting back, many people feel that Chaplin is in the wrong camp. As his acting becomes more and more superb, Chaplin can no longer escape the hostile gaze of some people.
God gave this comedian who was born before the First World War the talents and opportunities, and also gave him time and time to make fun of his fate. When he was supposed to return to his homeland in clothes, the teacher mentioned a name in his memory, and he was sad, because He thought she was married. The kind-hearted man had accepted this reality. However, the bigger bad news told Charlie that she was dead. Charlie was facing the car window. The black car window entering the tunnel reflected his sad face. He couldn't restrain his emotions. , Had to leave the seat in a hurry.
The man who had always brought laughter on the stage and did not get real happiness fell silently beside the luggage rack. The shouts of the welcoming crowd made him look back. He could only choose to suppress his grief. A friend asked him what to do? Because he was already the best comedian at the time, he gave the best answer, smiling.
The film is interspersed with three lines, the fictional biographer's interview with him, Chaplin's comedy and his love.
When Chaplin was honored in the United States, the girls he knew brought him happiness and disappointment. The audience loved him, but politicians were not like that. Hoover, then the head of the FBI, sent people to stare at him. In his every move, a woman accused him of having an illegitimate child. In the court, Charlie’s expression never looked down on him, disgusted, to bored and curious, even to tease the child, to anger and patience. The lawyer accused him of not being as good as his private life. He was so glamorous on the stage that he even contemptuously called him a clown. And Chaplin has been sitting in his seat without leaving or rebutting. The reason why he fought this lawsuit was because he wanted to tell Una that he is also the woman he loves most, and this child is not his.
While insisting on using silent films instead of sound films, Chaplin used a Russian ballerina as an example to say that once his Charlo (the man in a bowler hat) speaks, the magic disappears. He performed a series of ballet moves with ease, which amused the first movie sound maker to be amused. Finally, he got enlightenment from the sound of the car closing.
Among the great dictators, Charlie gave a speech. He persuaded American soldiers to oppose the atrocities of the Nazi dictatorship. He said that he was just a barber, not Hitler. When the most trusted brother disapproved of his risky actions to anger the political world, he Just to say, Sidney, you have Jewish ancestry. I'm just for those Jews like you.
The master of comedy has grown old. Chaplin has become more and more speechless when he asks and explores the biographer. In fact, he just wants to bring people laughter. He was sitting on a chair surrounded by a thick blanket. He never showed exaggerated joy or anger anymore. He fell asleep quietly, seeming to be really tired. Finally, the American film industry invited him, ready to give him a special honor.
In front of the screen, he watched all the black-and-white movies he produced and directed, and time went back to the past like rewinding film.
The Chaplin who played "Smile" in front of the piano and ignored his wife's dissatisfaction.
The pioneer of modern comedy movies was regarded as a communist non-party by the upper class because of his attack on capitalism.
The poor boy who came to America from London but was expelled by America.
He loved countless women, but in the end only one black-haired woman who had been with him aging covered him with a blanket, pushed her wheelchair and watched him accept the audience standing and applauding.
Old Chaplin burst into tears when he saw the tramp finally hugged the child who depended on him. His hair is all white, the career of a filmmaker that has been soaked in the ups and downs for decades, the hardship of starting a business in a foreign country, the loneliness of losing his mother and lover, and the way of acting that has been squeezed out by politicians and even criticized by a few people. And living habits, as well as this classic tramp character, humble and ridiculous but tough and kind-hearted, scenes fly by.
There are characters from an era. When the dust is wiped away, they are still alive, vivid in black and white and silent films. Color widescreen, digital, 3D, and the Internet. These media make the vision wider, but they do not necessarily make the heart. Happier because we want too much.
What I want to say is that no matter how the director and screenwriter tried to restore and reproduce the era of the master, that era has passed. Chaplin loves movies and loves comedy. He is willing to always bring joy to the poor. He was expelled by the United States during the war. He was put on a political hat by other rulers only because he knew he was just a person who is good at exposing ugliness. I don't want to touch on other aspects. I am not a critic, I am just a laughing audience.
Robert Downey Jr., who played Chaplin, was only 26 years old. That year, Downey won the Best Actor of the British Academy of Film. He was only half a step away from the Little Golden Man. He successfully challenged this peak. He made me so unfamiliar. Chaplin's people have known the life of a comedy master. Although many people question the depiction of Chaplin's love, which man can do without love, and who is innocent?
From youth to old age, he spanned fifty years. In the end, I can hardly distinguish between Downey and Chaplin. I just want to say that he is a genius who has seized the opportunity, and his comments on acting are nothing more than green. Immature, well-formed, well-rounded and proficient, perhaps it was Chaplin’s ups and downs, perhaps the character was too tense, perhaps he was able to perform vividly with body language, but it was all superficial, through his eyes, I can see that the reason why Robert Downey Jr. was able to act this great film artist is the most suitable and the most attentive. The most suitable is that he also participated in movies when he was a child, studied ballet, and has a handsome appearance. The eyes are moving. The most attentive thing is because he captured the inner world of the characters. People say that Chaplin is a genius. Genius means a little boyish stubbornness, kindness, and adult unwillingness to compromise, sophistication, and the fragility of self-protection. And capricious. Through his love and hatred, his creation, he is in front of the world, he does not succumb to the guys in American politics who want him to make a fool of himself. He drifts in Hollywood, looking for the American dream, but always has all kinds of irreparable regrets.
Chaplin's sad and happy soul gave him enlightenment and inspiration, and Downey presented Chaplin's vigor and temperament to the right degree, and understood it well.
Downey did not have such a high level of work in the next few years. He even disappeared in Hollywood for a time. Many people would say that people who are too genius made mistakes or missteps like children. Fate usually allows him to touch it at the best time. Treasure closed the door and kicked him to hell.
After a long ordeal, Downey returned to the public eye again. He took over the most popular sci-fi commercial films and action crime-solving films that audiences currently love. However, we have to know that he played Charlie before he played Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes. Chaplin, that means that as an actor, he can transition from the gag hippie smile to the inner display at any time. A good comedian should always understand that there are tears behind the smile, there are comforting, sorrowful, disappointed and unwilling In the face of fame and fortune, a good actor should not lose himself.
I love this movie. It’s recommended for people who haven’t watched art biographies for a long time. This biography does not affect my understanding of Chaplin. I even want to watch an old movie by the master and appreciate the happiness in silence.
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