Chaplin: Who is synonymous with comedy?

Chaplin was born in London on April 6th, 1989, and died on February 25th, 1977. 19 13, Chaplin toured the United States with the Carnaud pantomime troupe and was attracted by Seinert, the producer and director of Keystone Film Company. 19 13 At the end of the year, Chaplin signed a contract with Keystone Company for one year and began a long film career. Shoot a comedy with only one book every week. 1965438+On February 28th, 2004, Charlot, a little tramp with bowler hat and boots, holding a bamboo pole and walking like a duck, first appeared in the comedy Between Showers and became the main image of Chaplin's unique comedy film. From 19 19, he made more than 80 comedies in his life, including The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (193 1) and Modern Times (65438). These films marked Chaplin's growth from an ordinary humanist to a great critical realism movie master and a powerful anti-fascist fighter. 1972, Chaplin accepted Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's artistic achievement award for his "inestimable contribution to the film art in this century". 1975, Queen Elizabeth II awarded him a knighthood.

Historical Achievements At first, Chaplin filmed some "Christon comedies" under Seinert. In these practices, he quickly became familiar with the shooting method of comedy and knew the performance, editing and structure of the film like the back of his hand. In the early movies, there were classic tramp shapes: too small vest and too fat pants, big leather boots, figure-eight steps, bowler hat and walking stick. Chaplin constantly improved his tramp image and inner quality, and became an iconic figure. After getting familiar with the shooting method of comedy, Chaplin immediately surpassed the simplicity and stupidity of Seinert's screen world, and tried to create his films around more serious social themes, such as the expectation of warmth and comfort, the desire for love and tenderness, or the conflict between personal character and social customs. Of course, in Chiston, Chaplin has always been a rude, brave and cheerful tramp image, but his inner temperament makes him stand out.

A year later, Chaplin transferred to Essene Company and filmed 15 short film. During this period, Chaplin's popularity soared, even surpassing Griffith, and he was more qualified to express his theme and style in the film in the new working environment. During this period, Chaplin filmed his first masterpiece "Tramp", in which Chaplin played a son of nature. He was brave and protected a beautiful girl, but in the end he failed to win the beauty's heart. Since then, Chaplin has continued his fate as a character: a nobody who will never be recognized by society and can't succeed. Since then, Chaplin's films have always adhered to the combination of serious themes and excellent comedies. In Immigration, Chaplin restated the difficult problem of immigrating to America in a funny way. An Le Street is the sharpest and most mature one in this batch, and it is an ironic exposure of his idealistic platitudes about social reality and human nature. In this film, Chaplin shows the specific problems in life in a funny way, such as poverty, hunger, violence, drug abuse and so on. It is not an idealistic empty talk that can be solved, but the survival of mankind is the most fundamental problem. 1922, Chaplin set up his own production company-Charles? Chaplin production company represents the highest achievement of his film career, and almost all his later feature films were made here. These feature films include: A Woman in Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), The Greatest Show on Earth (1928) and Lights of the City (193/kloc). 1957, Chaplin filmed a king in new york, England. 1967, Chaplin, who was nearly 80 years old, filmed his last film The Countess from Hong Kong in England.

Among them, 1925' s The Gold Rush is Chaplin's most successful film. This is a classic work with metaphorical significance, and it is the most perfect one among many masterpieces made by Chaplin in the silent film era.

For the vast number of movie audiences, Chaplin is synonymous with comedy, the god who makes them laugh and sigh, and their closest friend. He represents the highest achievement of American comedy.