Analysis Of Charlie Chaplin's City Lights

By now we are familiar with Charlie Chaplin’s silent films and his talents; not only as a pantomime actor but also as a writer and director. Certainty, his 1931 silent film “City Lights” is a proof of his talent as an actor, writer, chorographer and director (Kamin) . The film gave Chaplin the opportunity to display his creative talents within the silent film industry. Although, Chaplin’s talents are numerous we are going to concentrate on his acting performance in the “City Lights” film. In this film we are able to be spectators on how Charlie Chaplin precisely used movement to convey us of the development of love and friendship, in particular his unique relationship with characters that are not commonly akin with Chaplin. As you would expect, social differences were common in the 1930s, moreover it would be unusual to see a tramp befriend a millionaire gentleman. In “City Lights” that is not the case; Charlie Chaplin’s caring character gave him the opportunity to create a friendship with a millionaire gentleman and his affection to a blind low class girl. Although his relation with the other two characters is due to an “identity confusion” (Kamin) ; I strongly believe that is due to how Chaplin’s confident walk and posture. Eight years before the production of this film, Charlie Chaplin is described as a man between 30 to 35 years of age. In addition, a …show more content…
At the same time we had a glimpse into the social differences in the 1930s and how it influenced the aspects of friendship amongs them. General speaking, artistic movement was serves as a medium to tale the romance couped with Chaplin’s unforgatable comedy. In the silent era, movement was the only method use to convey their story and emotions to the viwers. According to Dan Kamin, “ City Lights” Charli Chaplin’s best performance as an writer, actor and