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Winter 2015

Arts

Chaplin the gold rush boot

Couple months ago I started to make a list. What kind of list? It's a list of my favorite movies and cartoons. And one of the items on this list is Charlie Chaplin's movie The Kid.

The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film. The film tells the story of Chaplin's character - his name is Tramp and one of the days of his life he found a baby, adopted son and sidekick. In the film, we can observe the development of the characters, their efforts to care for each other, which leads them to various funny stories. In places, the film may seem naive, but this is possible from our modern point of view. This is a sweet, sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic story with a happy ending.