This paper shall compare and contrast between ``Our Hospitality film by Buster Keaton and The Gold Rush by Charles Chaplin’’. The Gold Rush is a comedy film that narrates fun and complicated experiences of Charles Chaplin who was in search of gold which he believed was to free him from poverty. It was an insecure mission though he was determined to accomplish it; he starved for a long period until he decided to feed on his shoes and other times he thought his friend was big chicken. The main theme of the movie is money; money is so important in changing a life of a person after becoming wealthy. It is mainly a mission of attaining basic needs; money, food, shelter, love and acceptance. On the other hand, Our Hospitality movie scenario is a
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After the killings of Willie McKay`s (Keaton`s) father, her mother decides to move from Kentucky to New York to live with her sister. Willie`s mother dies later and her aunt took care of him for more than 20 years without revealing to him about the feud. After she tells him about the feud he decides to go and reclaim his family’s estate thinking that he will find a mansion only to his shock to find a falling down shack. On a trip to his homeland he falls for a lady but the only problem is that the young woman’s family had vowed to kill all his family members. The main themes of Our Hospitality film are; dangerous attraction, culture clash and fish out of water. It was dangerous for Willie to be romantically involved with the young lady because he was risking his life yet her brothers were determined to finish …show more content…
The first scene begins with Willie entering Canfields mansion and ends while he is walking up the stairs to stay the night there. The set of Canfield mansion was brilliantly designed. The enormity in the house is well seen in the scene after Willie attempts to get outside and the Canfields brothers chased him while firing shots. The magnificence of the house is revealed in the form of chairs which had great details, huge dining table, curtains, and a big gun rack. The house also had elaborate furniture and a high ceiling that was so big that exposed to the audience that the Canfield was a rich family and the black slave fact made it clear. Most of the scenes of the films were set based on natural light. Both the films have brilliantly executed black and white photography and they are both partly comedy and family drama, and these two elements have been used effectively. Both have portrayed the theme of insecurity; in Gold Rush it was a dangerous mission because the other parties were not willing to involve any third party in their business. In Our Hospitality film the scene of rescue in the water fall endangers his
After the killings of Willie McKay`s (Keaton`s) father, her mother decides to move from Kentucky to New York to live with her sister. Willie`s mother dies later and her aunt took care of him for more than 20 years without revealing to him about the feud. After she tells him about the feud he decides to go and reclaim his family’s estate thinking that he will find a mansion only to his shock to find a falling down shack. On a trip to his homeland he falls for a lady but the only problem is that the young woman’s family had vowed to kill all his family members. The main themes of Our Hospitality film are; dangerous attraction, culture clash and fish out of water. It was dangerous for Willie to be romantically involved with the young lady because he was risking his life yet her brothers were determined to finish …show more content…
The first scene begins with Willie entering Canfields mansion and ends while he is walking up the stairs to stay the night there. The set of Canfield mansion was brilliantly designed. The enormity in the house is well seen in the scene after Willie attempts to get outside and the Canfields brothers chased him while firing shots. The magnificence of the house is revealed in the form of chairs which had great details, huge dining table, curtains, and a big gun rack. The house also had elaborate furniture and a high ceiling that was so big that exposed to the audience that the Canfield was a rich family and the black slave fact made it clear. Most of the scenes of the films were set based on natural light. Both the films have brilliantly executed black and white photography and they are both partly comedy and family drama, and these two elements have been used effectively. Both have portrayed the theme of insecurity; in Gold Rush it was a dangerous mission because the other parties were not willing to involve any third party in their business. In Our Hospitality film the scene of rescue in the water fall endangers his