Let me start by saying this is an OLD silent film, so please go at it from that perspective. The story of a young and inexperienced gold prospector (Charles Chaplin) trying to find his way in the Alaskan gold fields. Along the way he runs into a down on his luck prospector and prospector who is running from the law; not to mention a beautiful young lady. For the time period this movie has it all, great comedic action, romance, adventure, murder, and whores. The long imagery shots and trick photography are great because during that time they were very limited with technology. For instance they show the long pass that the prospectors used to climb in Alaska...to make that shot work they needed real people on that mountain at the time, AMAZING and breathtaking.
This has the famous scene where Charlie Chaplin uses the dinner roles to do his famous dance scene with.
As a warning this was a difficult movie to make through on one sitting because it is a silent film. Generally I like to watch silent films, but more in a Egyptian Theater setting (if you have not experienced a silent film in the Egyptian Theater, it is a MUST!!!)
I truly enjoyed this movie, not only from a story prospective, but from an art perspective as well. This will make it on my top 100 (this is the third silent film on my list...The General, and The Birth of a Nation).
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I can't handle silent films, I need to be more patient!
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