Don't dare to call it a "movie review", it's just my viewing experience.
Although "The Great Dictator" is a comedy, its true core is tragedy. With World War II as the background of the story, as a Jew, Charlie Chaplin must have hoped to express his dissatisfaction with the dictatorship and his pursuit and belief in democracy, freedom and humanity in the process of completing this film. There are many foreign-language films that reflect the theme of World War II, but this one is a comedy.
Both the barber and the ruler as civilians are played by Charlie Chaplin, both characters have clumsy movements, but the barber is so cute, mocked by the soldiers, cautious when running for his life, missing his lover Longing and longing, etc.; the ruler, however, portrays the blind arrogance, stupidity and ignorance of the ego with exaggerated expressions in deliberate close-ups. It is also worth mentioning that the messy language spoken by the ruler in his speech fully expresses his ignorance and shows the film creator's mockery and teasing of the character image from that side.
This video has been on my hard drive for over a month. Today, I clicked on the first movie in the folder, pretended it was a kind of fate, and just came across it.
The music at the end and the close-ups of the characters are also very heartwarming. Like the theme of the final talk, we have "hope"!
This is a textured film, with ups and downs in the plot, except for the slight procrastination in the middle, which makes the exchange between the barber and the ruler seem abrupt at the end. And the music in the film is very classic, and the picture and music are just right.
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