One A.M.

 

Three short features by Chaplin, three non-perishable samples of the most calculated, precise, controlled slapstick anarchy in the history of moving comedy. In One A.M., Charlie comes back home after getting wasted on booze in a turbid, smoky bar, and when he arrives, he realizes he doesn’t have the keys. The rest are twenty minutes of the most impossible gags anyone can imagine between a man and a building. Easy Street, on the contrary, introduces a Charlie away from vice, who joins the poli [...]

Duration

24 min

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