4:25 PM
January 3, 07
I was just surfing links
and got caught reading one
of Roger Eberts incredible reviews.
He is really a great writer.
I appreciate him writing about one of my
favorite films, CITY LIGHTS
by/with Charlie Chaplin.
Ebert talks about having to go out of our way
these days to see this film classic.
It is worth the walk.
Here is a bit from the Ebert Review.
Just the words here bring tears to
my eyes!
From Roger Ebert:
That's what makes his relationship with the flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) so poignant; does she accept and treasure him only because she can't see what he looks like? (Her grandmother, who would no doubt warn her away from him, is never at home when the Tramp calls.) The last scene of ``City Lights'' is justly famous as one of the great emotional moments in the movies; the girl, whose sight has been restored by an operation paid for by the Tramp, now sees him as a bum--but smiles at him anyway, and gives him a rose and some money, and then, touching his hands, recognizes them. ``You?'' she asks on the title card. He nods, tries to smile, and asks, ``You can see now?'' ``Yes,'' she says, ``I can see now.'' She sees, and yet still smiles at him, and accepts him. The Tramp guessed correctly: She has a good heart, and is able to accept him as himself.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071227/REVIEWS/26...
and a listing for Chicago:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-071228lights-story,1,4...
This film is available on DVD.