Audiences who have seen Chaplin's "Finding a Son and Meet the Immortal" know that the child adopted by the homeless man played by Chaplin in the film is the unmarried child of the heroine (played by Edna) and the painter (played by Carl Miller). give birth. In the original version discovered in recent years, Chaplin had actually photographed the scene where Erna and the painter reunited at a high society banquet after their respective fortunes. The sets, costumes, and poses are very close to those of A Woman in Paris. The painter showed a guilty attitude and offered to compensate Ena, which was regarded as saving some images in front of the audience.
In "A Woman in Paris", the story was moved to France, and the two also played a pair of lovers who were opposed by their parents and had a private lifelong love. The difference from "Finding a Son and Encountering Immortals" is that in this parallel world, they have no children. In a metropolis like Paris, the woman made her fortune by relying on a wealthy man, and the painter was unhappy until his death. By comparing the two films, it is found that the character settings of the male and female protagonists are basically the same. In particular, the profession of the male protagonist painter, as well as his fragile character (increased impulsiveness); the character of the female protagonist has also been refined, revealing the price paid for obtaining a bright and beautiful life, as well as the loneliness and ruthlessness behind others. Basically, it is to extract the character settings in the "Looking" film and rationalize the logic.
I have to sigh with emotion: Chaplin always had expectations for the good in human nature, or, in other words, he believed that the true face of man is multi-angle. "A Woman in Paris" seems to be telling the story of the young painter to the audience of "Looking": the person who is considered to be a "scumbag" is not really a bad person, and his essence is also a kind and cowardly person- - Always agree to others because of kindness, and choose to escape because of cowardice; "Finding a Son and Encountering Immortals" completely omits the reason why the heroine becomes a star, and only shows the audience her kind side, which is not only the focus of the film's theme Need is also Chaplin's tenderness and humanistic care.
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