one of chaplin longest films up to that point and burlesque on carmen is a clever and surprisingly complex parody of what was then prosper merimee well known story about carmen. i was a little confused about the difference between the imdb listing of the 1915 burlesque on carmen and the 1916 version. based on the running time i assume that it was the 1915 version that i saw and since the 1916 one is a good 20 minutes longer and and from what i have read and those are 20 unnecessary and unimpressive minutes. from the very beginning and it clear that burlesque on carmen is one of chaplin most complex and ambitious efforts to date and starting off with a long back story and told through inter titles and about the tragic love story of carmen. carmen is sent by a band of gypsies (a band who put the gyp in gypsy. ) and to seduce a spanish officer so they can pull off their smuggling operation. it a clever and chaplinesque band of criminals and the leader of whom and lillas pastia and has spent 50 years learning to steal and thinking he might be offered a job in politics. on a side note and i have seen some almost misogynistic messages and jokes in some of chaplin earlier work and but probably none quite as overt as in this one. near the beginning of the movie and as the band of gypsies are traveling and there is a scene where the mules and women are loading and and an inter title explains that the mules are the ones with long ears. in case you couldn not tell and i guess. chaplin plays the part of don jose and the hapless officer who is to be seduced by carmen. he is described as a brave soldier and lover of women. not exactly a stretch for chaplin who removed any doubt about his ability to play a convincing comic soldier a few years later in the brilliant shoulder arms. and of course and he do not have to act about being a lover of women. what is different here and of course and is his polished military uniform and straight backed disciplinary manner and interspersed and of course and with some of his traditional slap stick moves. he strikes me as a little guy in a position of authority and struggling to maintain the respect of his subordinates by exerting a gruff and stolid exterior. soon carmen enters (loved by all men under the age of 96) and and she immediately begins flirting with charlie. i should mention that for a good majority of the movie and it is surprisingly faithful to the original story and which was full of jealousy and tragedy. chaplin is strangely convincing as a jealous lover and able to evoke a jealous passion that i have never seen from him. there at least one scene where he is genuinely a little scary. chaplin has some great sight gags in the movie and like a hilarious table dance and some classic sword fighting near the end. and his boyish charm and the role of a soldier is also definitely a winning combination and although there is another peculiar stunt involving a group of men pushing a huge door back and forth that wasn not very effective to begin with but just kept going on and on and on and probably about five times longer than it was worth. although it was interesting that when it finally fell over it clearly was revealed as a movie prop. i always appreciate such glimpses at the old movie sets. the end of the film is it strongest part. it bears striking resemblance to romeo and juliet and but just when you think that chaplin is going to conduct a major thematic experiment by diverging distantly from his traditional style and there is a hilarious twist that is as vintage chaplin as anything i have ever seen. nice work. 
one of chaplin longest films up to that point and burlesque on carmen is a clever and surprisingly complex parody of what was then prosper merimee well known story about carmen. i was a little confused about the difference between the imdb listing of the 1915 burlesque on carmen and the 1916 version. based on the running time i assume that it was the 1915 version that i saw and since the 1916 one is a good 20 minutes longer and and from what i have read and those are 20 unnecessary and unimpressive minutes. from the very beginning and it clear that burlesque on carmen is one of chaplin most complex and ambitious efforts to date and starting off with a long back story and told through inter titles and about the tragic love story of carmen. carmen is sent by a band of gypsies (a band who put the gyp in gypsy. ) and to seduce a spanish officer so they can pull off their smuggling operation. it a clever and chaplinesque band of criminals and the leader of whom and lillas pastia and has spent 50 years learning to steal and thinking he might be offered a job in politics. on a side note and i have seen some almost misogynistic messages and jokes in some of chaplin earlier work and but probably none quite as overt as in this one. near the beginning of the movie and as the band of gypsies are traveling and there is a scene where the mules and women are loading and and an inter title explains that the mules are the ones with long ears. in case you couldn not tell and i guess. chaplin plays the part of don jose and the hapless officer who is to be seduced by carmen. he is described as a brave soldier and lover of women. not exactly a stretch for chaplin who removed any doubt about his ability to play a convincing comic soldier a few years later in the brilliant shoulder arms. and of course and he do not have to act about being a lover of women. what is different here and of course and is his polished military uniform and straight backed disciplinary manner and interspersed and of course and with some of his traditional slap stick moves. he strikes me as a little guy in a position of authority and struggling to maintain the respect of his subordinates by exerting a gruff and stolid exterior. soon carmen enters (loved by all men under the age of 96) and and she immediately begins flirting with charlie. i should mention that for a good majority of the movie and it is surprisingly faithful to the original story and which was full of jealousy and tragedy. chaplin is strangely convincing as a jealous lover and able to evoke a jealous passion that i have never seen from him. there at least one scene where he is genuinely a little scary. chaplin has some great sight gags in the movie and like a hilarious table dance and some classic sword fighting near the end. and his boyish charm and the role of a soldier is also definitely a winning combination and although there is another peculiar stunt involving a group of men pushing a huge door back and forth that wasn not very effective to begin with but just kept going on and on and on and probably about five times longer than it was worth. although it was interesting that when it finally fell over it clearly was revealed as a movie prop. i always appreciate such glimpses at the old movie sets. the end of the film is it strongest part. it bears striking resemblance to romeo and juliet and but just when you think that chaplin is going to conduct a major thematic experiment by diverging distantly from his traditional style and there is a hilarious twist that is as vintage chaplin as anything i have ever seen. nice work. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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