Activity 1: Popular Culture – The Silent Movie 
The 1920s saw a massive surge in the number of people going to the movies. Huge new cinemas were built in both Auckland (The Civic Theatre) and Dunedin (Empire De Luxe). The most popular type of movies showing at local NZ cinemas were ‘silent’ films. Gold Rush is an example of an iconic silent film. It features a famous actor named Charlie Chaplin.
Watch the trailer for Gold Rush. On your blog, tell us what you think the movie is about. There are no words spoken movie so you will need to pay careful attention to what the actors are doing! Do you think you would enjoy watching a silent film? Why/Why not?
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This movie is about a journey of a young fellow man that meets of a lot of hilarious people on his journey trying to be the first one to find/discover the gold.
I absolutely loved this trailer, it is funny and beautiful, however it was a bit confusing on how they weren't talking, but it was great.
2 comments:
Hi Sarah
Amazing work!!! You have a really good reason, it was really confusing because there were no words.. Have you watched any other silent film???
Kia Ora Sarah!
These silent movies are quite funny aren't they? I think maybe they have to be funny to make up for having no dialogue. I enjoyed watching it because it keeps you engaged the whole time with all the silly and hilarious things that are going on.
I guess it's not quite what we're used to but we can appreciate it's clever ideas and humour. What would you rate it out of 5?
Nicky :)
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