Essay - 1. Unlike Most of Chaplin's Films, it Would be Difficult...

1. Unlike most of Chaplin's films, it would be difficult to immediately classify "The Great Dictator" (IMDB, 2008) in the comedy genre. In all ***** his comedic movies, Chaplin introduced original comedic instances. Except for a scene early in ***** movie, where Chaplin attempts to fire an antiaircraft gun from a seat mounted on the gun, and fails, or ***** confusion as to the effects of gravity ***** he flies upside down, *****re are no original ***** situations. Indeed, the hint ***** the slapstick is there: the hitting of the storm troopers with a frying pan, or instances ***** Chaplin escapes those that trying to catch him ***** tried and tested. Somehow, the talking scenes with sound effects don't make for the same hilarity as the silent *****. This movie ***** fall more into ***** genre of satire. Certainly, ***** satirizes Hitler and Mussolini is scathing fashion. He not only provides a pitch perfect imit*****tion of Hitler, but also reduces him to a car*****on like bumbler. There is a reason for th***** movie transcending two or even ********** *****s (the third would be drama). This is because, Chaplin presciently realized that the next few years would be filled ***** m*****ery and hardship f***** millions of people ***** world over, and he was trying his best to ***** a statement that would force people to reevaluate the need for war.

*****. *****re I will pick ***** very first scene of the movie. The first two stills give an indication that ***** film is about the r*****e of a dictator Hynkel. The second still informs us that it is 1918. The voice over tells ***** that they country Tomania (Germany) is on the brink of losing the war. The next ***** is the ********** which depicts scenes of battle and the Tomanian lines. Here we see explosions from bombs presumably launched from the enemy ***** landing near the Tomanian soldiers. The Tomanian ***** are e*****her installed in bunkers or move about ***** ***** carrying supplies, arms and wounded men on stretchers. Others ***** rifles and machine guns at an unseen enemy. This entire scene appears to be shot in ***** or three takes. The camera tracks over this ***** of b*****tle and soldiers moving through the bunkers. ***** tracking is ***** slow ***** deliberate—almost in no hurry to move ***** ***** the ***** scene. The camera is also positioned at a vantage point that allows ***** viewer to take in a large area of the battle field, *****t particularly concentrat*****g on any one soldier or a group of soldiers. The ***** wants ***** ***** the audience an overall view ***** the *****field to give them a sense of not just the battle itself, ***** the ***** as a microcosm of the First World W*****r. The camera then *****s over to something specific, a gun ***** does not work (as a symbol for wh*****t Germ***** ***** trying to accomplish). It is almost impossibly large ***** that ***** allegedly capable ***** sending a projectile