Thursday, January 3, 2008

The Gold Rush (1925)

This classic Charlie Chaplin film will be remembered by me for a few reasons. Firstly there is the amazing "Dance of the bread rolls". There was the eating of the shoe. There were absolutely stunning special effects in the scenes where the cabin is teetering off a cliff. All outstanding. 

But what stands out for me the most is when I saw it, it was with a live rendition by the Ang Fang Quartet. These guys should do the score for all silent films. Wholly enjoyable and much better than the horrifically unsuitable music on the Chaplin short film box. Ugh.

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