Reflections on Chaplin's autobiography

Chaplin's works are indeed art, because compared with ordinary works, it is very exquisite and worth remembering. On the surface, it is a comedy, but on the amplification, it is a tragedy. Through personal humor, let everyone laugh and bring joy to everyone.

Although there is a funny clown in all his works, the clown's behavior is so natural and unpretentious. Maybe we just regard him as a clown and preconceived him as a clown. In fact, he is just an insignificant little role in life, but he is humorous, showing a kind, sincere and gentle side, reflecting the unknown side of the whole society-society has not only a bright side, but also a hungry and cold side.

It should be the so-called connotation to hide tragedy in comedy and further reflect the sadness of the whole society and individuals through personal comedy, which is more intriguing than superficial and formal film works. In terms of form and content, shooting techniques, performance skills and story can all be regarded as forms, but the most important thing in a movie is the content, that is, what is conveyed to everyone-thoughts, emotions and knowledge. Ordinary movies only stay on the surface, conveying only superficial information to the audience, which is used to help the audience entertain and bring some entertainment, and nothing else. This is the greatness of Chaplin's works. In addition to bringing happiness in form, it also gives a meaning in content, which often seems to contain another layer of form and meaning.

I don't know if there is a kind of sadness in his works: we think the expression and movements of the hero are funny, so we laugh loudly. When we laugh at the character in the movie, can we think that he is just playing a part of us? It's really sad to say that we thought we were just laughing because of the movie, but we didn't know that the laughing part was ourselves. Sadly, it's not just the society reflected in movies.

Obviously, Chaplin's artistic accomplishment, on the one hand, is related to his personal growth experience. Mom and dad are both actors, and mom takes him with her every performance. She taught him drama knowledge from an early age and established relatively positive values. Even when she was a teenager, her life was very poor-her mother was unemployed and her father didn't pay alimony, but her mother still avoided him from going to another kind of poverty (material poverty)-in order to survive, Chaplin Jr. sold flowers in a pub, but her mother stopped him when she knew about it and taught him to forget how his father died (? And tell him that their poverty is different from ordinary poverty. At the same time, his brother inherited his mother's qualities. When they succeed, his brother always reminds Charlie intentionally or unintentionally not to forget himself. This has a great influence on Charlie's life. Even if he achieved great success, fame, wealth, status and so on, these material wealth did not corrode him. He has always maintained an artistic heart. This is very rare in the whole Hollywood art entertainment circle. Many stars have a noble artistic heart before they become famous. Once famous, it is quickly corroded by wealth, money, reputation, drugs, status, beauty, wine, sex and so on. Every day, they are in a state of being drunk and dreaming, enjoying the pleasure brought by indulgence all the time. Their artistic heart has died, and their artistic growth has stopped. Compared with Chaplin, it is really rare to keep your heart.

Although childhood poverty is very bitter, it has also honed many excellent qualities, such as being strong, hard-working, patient, diligent and good at observation ... Among them, observation is estimated to be of great help to his artistic accomplishment. Little Chaplin will often sit on the street and observe passers-by, communicate with many people at the bottom, and sometimes do some small business to subsidize his family. I believe this is very important for his artistic accomplishment. Later, he traveled to various countries, and I was surprised that he could point out the local characteristics in one sentence. For example, Japanese culture can always enjoy the simple moments in life in a busy life, while there is an artificial element in European culture. The freedom of American culture is a joke ...

Personally, I think Chaplin's childhood poverty still has a lot to do with her mother. She has no idea about saving money, how much it costs and how to save money. Although she loves her children very much and works hard, the final result is still quite miserable. She's crazy. Both children go to boarding school, but Cheney, the eldest son, is not bad. She knows how to save money, does things in a planned way, and is good at managing money and doing business when she grows up.

Secondly, Charlie gained a certain reputation, including his great success later. He never stopped studying. He was not captured by material wealth, nor was he tired, but he knew how to enjoy it and use it. At the same time, mentally, he found his own shortcomings, some of which are Jiang Lang's talents. He will take the initiative to study and make friends with various celebrities. He never imagined that most of his best friends are painters, musicians, scientists and writers, and of course he will make friends with some celebrities, politicians, Sir xx, Prince xx and Prime Minister xx. For example, Mao Mu, Bernard Shaw, Einstein, Roosevelt, Johnson, Churchill, Gandhi ... These are top-notch wisdom and top artists. In this cultural atmosphere, the growth of art is definitely great.

Of course, his artistic achievements are inseparable from his knowledge. He can perform, take vacations, participate in various social activities and give speeches all over the world ... no matter his vision, thinking and pattern, he can't compare with the little star.

Personally, I think Chaplin's greatest achievement in art is his attitude towards art, which is very serious, even harsh and strict. Others regard movies as commodities, but he regards movies as art. Others are thinking about how to make movies as soon as possible, but he is racking his brains to think of any good ideas, whether the audience likes them or not, and what the audience will think. It can be said that others consider consumption, not going through the motions, while Chaplin considers how to create, which leads to the difference between him and other filmmakers. I feel that all great writers, painters and musicians are racking their brains to create, while ordinary people are thinking about how to spend, which also leads to the difference between ordinary people and geniuses.

Judging from the development of the United States, I personally feel that the United States is a culture of confrontation, lacking connotation and connotation, and lacking a connotation of tolerance, connotation and seeking common ground while reserving differences. Their culture is only manifested in knowledge, without in-depth cultivation in Europe. This culture has completely become exclusive to the elite circle, and it is difficult for ordinary people to squeeze in. I feel that the United States is like a nouveau riche, and then attracting outstanding people from all over the world to join American citizenship through various resources, just like taking it directly, lacking the precipitation of the whole national culture. This culture seems to belong to an early stage. European culture has accumulated and experienced that kind of confrontation for a long time-war and culture, so Europe has more connotations.

Secondly, for the United States and for Chaplin's success, I personally feel that it is inseparable from a bold attempt, bold adventure, bold negotiation and bold proposal ... Before the film, it was basically drama, but Chaplin dared to try new things. Of course, many similar people have opened film companies, hotels, bars and cinemas at the same time ... Most of these adventurous people have made extraordinary achievements. So if you dare to try, you can break a boundary, and sometimes you can set foot on the train of the times and follow the trend.