Review of The Gold Rush (1925) by Matt H — 02 Oct 2013
This is the 1st silent film I've seen, I figured to end the last great gap of my film history with Chaplin, and at least so far I'm glad I did. I'm thinking silent film comedies will translate for me the best overall.
The God Rush is full of classic comedy gags, and the great majority are being shown for the 1st time ever (in film at least). Just from this Chaplin film (I saw the '42 Bluray version from Criterion, beautiful by the way; I guess it's truly not a "silent" movie) I can see where Looney Tunes got a lot of its inspiration comically.
I've seen some of the set pieces before, clearly through cultural osmosis and parody of The Gold Rush, but these are the original gas, and must be valued for that. I must say I liked Chaplin putting spoken narration and film score to the film; I also wouldn't mind subtitles for other silent films, but I'm getting the feeling I'm not going to like "inter-titles" so much; plus I feel like it'll break up the flow of the comedy.
I guess I'll see as I watch more Chaplin films.
This review of The Gold Rush (1925) was written by Matt H on 02 Oct 2013.
The Gold Rush has generally received very positive reviews.
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