As we all know, the film "City Lights" is Chaplin's last silent film, but it also symbolizes the highest achievement of Chaplin's film art. Currently, the film "City Lights" has been released by the United States The collection by the National Film Protection Bureau heralds the affirmation and achievement of the film's artistic value.
The film "City Lights" is a comedy with a reasonable layout and exquisite conception. The film defines the tramp and the blind girl as the main characters, because the tramp cannot be seen. All the wonderful imagination and erratic details make the world of the blind girl romantic and wonderful. Because he can see the blind girl, the tramp cannot... Without concealing his true situation, the film becomes more warm and suspenseful between this kind of "imagination" and "hiding".
Although the film "City Lights" shows the "sadness and joy" and "laughter and tears" among the little people at the bottom of society, it is an excellent comedy. In order to highlight the strong comedy effect, Chaplin started from realistic details and created a lot of jokes. Whether it was the tramp's comical and humorous appearance on the sculpture, or his crazy behaviors such as dancing wildly and eating noodles, they all made people laugh. And he and he The almost cruel boxing showdown between the big guys is unforgettable for the audience. The strong comedy effect and the variety of jokes make the comedy effect and artistic achievement of this movie more prominent and sublime.
This film has a strong social and critical nature. In the film, the tramp's persistence and the rich man's back and forth, with varying degrees of joy and sorrow, express the economic crisis at that time. The upper class of society eased the crisis towards the workers and occasionally relaxed the policy. Chaplin used the encounter between the tramp and the rich man to express the economic crisis in the United States. Social inequalities are cleverly expressed.
Of course, in addition to its strong social nature, the film is also more warm and touching, especially the touching scene at the end. The flower girl who regained her sight met the homeless man who was in extreme poverty again. The flower girl wanted to send the homeless man away with a flower. When her hands touched the homeless man's hands, the familiar feeling made the flower girl feel puzzled. . "Is that you?" the girl asked. "Yes." The homeless man replied shyly, "Can you see it?" The girl replied: "I can see it." After the brief conversation, the film came to an abrupt end amid endless imagination and anticipation. In this film Here, Chaplin gave his most perfect performance to the audience. No wonder American film historian Louis Lane Jacobs also said that talking about Chaplin is also talking about movies. No one in the history of American cinema has become as cherished a figure around the world as Chaplin.