The pinnacle of Chaplin's "Vagrant Series"

Ivy 2021-12-09 08:01:19

"Gold Rush" is a sign that Chaplin's "Vagrant Series" comedy has matured and reached its peak. The film embodies all the advantages of this series:
1. Successfully created a character with distinctive personality, Charlo Image, although this character is not good-looking, he has the precious qualities of being kind-hearted, helping others, loving to fight and hug inequality. The shaping of this character is also quite successful in the entire film history.
2. Created a kind of "tearful laugh." Screen comedy style. Many wonderful passages in the film, such as "Small Bread Dance", "Eider Flower Dance", "Cooking Boots", "Cliff Wooden House", etc., make people laugh, but after a little thought, the sadness and helplessness in these passages make people laugh. stand up.
3. The film has almost mobilized all the wisdom of comedy to express the three themes of the film: hard work, hunger, and greed. The film combines comedy and tragedy and becomes the best representative of the image of J "The Tramp".
4. Was rated as the number one among the ten best films of the year in the United States

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  • Aurore 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    2012.10.12: It is also a small person, and also has a lot of jokes, but compared with Modern Times, Great Dictators, City Lights, etc., the portrayal of social life is less, and the resonance of the times is less. Ten years later, I still have tears in my eyes. On the big stage of the gold rush, people of all colors appeared in turn, some became rich overnight, but more ended in tragedy.

  • Wayne 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    Stephen Chow said that he felt that the films he made were all tragedies. I think the same is true for Chaplin, good comedy has a tragic core.

The Gold Rush quotes

  • Reporter: Gee! This will make a wonderful story.

  • [last lines]

    Photographer: Hold! Still!

    [Lone Prospector and Georgia kiss]

    Photographer: Oh! You've spoilt the picture.