Monday, 27 July 2015

Jackass 1914

Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)

Directed by Henry Lehrman this film makes the screen debut of Charlie Chaplin in the guise of his most famous character. A tramp regularly gets in the way of filming, spectators and competitors at a car race.

This is sort of an early hidden camera prank film but is not really funny and is pretty repetitive. There is no plot just a person getting in the way, compared to Chaplin's feature films this is a real disappointment. I found it hard to get much from this film and while it maybe an important historical landmark it is not that interesting to watch in my opinion.


2/5

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