Review of The Gold Rush (1925) by Bathsheba M — 03 Jun 2012
This is the finest Chaplin movie I have seen, and I think I've seen them all. It's sweet but dark, like human beings, and ultimately an ode to the ability of the human spirit to remain elevated in hard times--even when his cabin mate is hallucinating him as a chicken so he can eat him! The choreography in the individual scenes is forehead-smacking: when Big Jim and Black Bart (or whatever his name was) were fighting with a loaded rifle and the Little Fellows was in its sights, it was breathtaking.
His dance with the rolls is a tour de force.
This review of The Gold Rush (1925) was written by Bathsheba M on 03 Jun 2012.
The Gold Rush has generally received very positive reviews.
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