City Lights

Natalie Dougherty ENGL 102-013 Dr. Leitch Feb. 18, 2009 Thematic Meaning in City Lights In order for art to be successful, despite the category of its expression, one thing is necessary; a connection between the piece and its audience that can transcend time and space. If a song, film, poem, novel, play or painting possesses the ability to touch audiences of any era or culture, then it is truly successful. Notable movements of artwork are associated with the time in which they were produced

entertaining film serving as a great farewell to the Silent Era. Being reliant on audio, the idea of a film with no dialogue seemed unappealing, however, Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights offers a new sense of humor although it is considered antiquated. The film commences with the Tramp ( Charlie Chaplin) walking the streets of what seems to be a city, although never specifically mentioned. It is during his wandering where he the audience and the Tramp are introduced to The Blind Girl( Virginia Cherrill), whom

The role of women in Modern Times and City Lights is compelling compared to the roles of men in the films. Chaplin uses women as a set piece to set up jokes for him and other male characters, and drops little sexist aspects into what is the larger body of the two films. Chaplin uses women to diversify the types of jokes he can use and the aspect of a woman character in the film can alter what he does, where he can go, and it modifies the tramps moods throughout the films In both of the films we

In the initial scene in Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, the tone is set with an establishing shot of a large crowd accompanied by a score of trumpets. Following this shot, a title card says “To the people of this city we donate this monument; ‘Peace and Prosperity’.” (Chaplin, City Lights). This title card establishes what a large, authoritative man, presumably the mayor, is relaying to the enthusiastic crowd below him. As he speaks, all that the film’s audience hears are inarticulate buzzing noises

City Lights was first released on 1931. The movie director, producer and writer were Charlie Chaplin who was also the main character. The cast of the movie was Virginia Cherrill as a blind girl, Florence Lee as the blind girl grandmother, Harry Myers as an eccentric millionaire, Allan Garcia as his Butler, Hank Mann as A prizefighter and finally Charlie Chaplin as tramp. Chaplin is a resilient tramp who falls in love with a blind flower girl on the city streets. After he had learned that she and

City Lights In the 1931 film “City Lights”, Charlie Chaplin “opens our eyes”, so to speak, about how society values trivial elements of people over the deeper person by using blindness. In this film, Chaplin brilliantly mixes lighthearted comedy with deep and complex ideas about problems with society. Chaplin uses music, gags, and a genuine love connection to portray this point in multiple ways throughout the movie. Chaplin also took the bold step of not making a talking movie, even though they

Charlie Chaplin directed and starred in his legendary film, City Lights. This film was released in 1931, three years after the release of the first film that included audible dialogue, however, the lack of dialogue did not get in Chaplin's way as he produced one of the most well known American comedies. A little over four decades later, another great comedy was produced by the famous comedy group Monty Pythons, which consisted of five British men, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones

critically acclaimed films “ Modern Times” and “ City Lights, he portrays the role of His female characters in both his movies as respectful and hard working women, yet Chaplin has to liberate them from their problems and use the females as meaningful jokes in both the movies. In Both of Chaplin’s films, he gives us respectful images and scenes of the Supporting female characters and other background female characters. First in the film city the lights, Charlie Chaplin stares at the naked statue of

Charlie Chaplin created amazing films with his career as a director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musicianship. City Lights is a story of the tramp who falls in love with the blind flower girl. The story shows the contrasts between the two very different worlds of the rich and the poor. he befriends the damsel in distress millionaire and sparks a friendship where the tramp then sees the lives of both worlds. The mise en scene is a way that shows how different each scene is by the way each character

The main character of Bright Lights, Big City relies on what the world offers on the surface in order to make an attempt to create an identity for himself. However, his actions are merely creating an illusion based upon his assumptions of what the world expects of him. In Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City, the main character fears what is beneath the surface, believing that the illusion that he creates for himself is better than trying to initiate real change in his life. There are several