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| Nelson_Mandela 06/29/19 2:01:57 PM #102: | #38. City Lights https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Chaplin_City_Lights_still.jpg Dir: Charlie Chaplin Genre: Comedy, Romance Year: 1931 SephG Superlative: The greatest silent movie ever made; the greatest movie of the 1930s Although I haven't seen much of his work, I am pretty sure Charlie Chaplin is a genius. He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in almost all of his films, which is an unimaginable feat even in the silent era. And his magnum opus (according to many) holds up even with the best movies of today. City Lights is more than what most people probably imagine a Chaplin film to be like. It's actually pretty darkly humorous--the drunk millionaire character particularly made me laugh out loud at just how preposterous he was. It's also supremely sweet, with a timeless love story that could have been a Shakespeare premise or a contemporary rom-com on Netflix. The ending in particular is simply one of the nicest things I've ever seen in a movie and leaves you with a very warm feeling that I'm usually far to cynical to get. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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