The Lion's Cage
The Lion's Cage was created by Charlie Chaplin, who played as a young man getting chased by a donkey. In this scene of running away, the man attempts to hide inside a carriage, only to find himself inside a lion cage. In this comedy-based movie, the man attempts to exit the carriage in one piece without waking up the sleeping beast! Before escaping this carriage, the man wakes up the lion on mistake thinking he is doomed quickly after, however the lion just comes over to him, sniffs him, and then goes back to it's bed in the corner of the room. Later he is let out by a woman who had just passed out from seeing the man in the lion cage, after the man gets let out, thinking he is all powerful now, decides to stay in the cage and quickly afterwards, gets scared by the lion thinking it was coming for him.
By Aedan Gunn 2017
Kia ora Aedan,
ReplyDeleteI can tell you have done a super job carefully watching this silent film. Great work explaining what you think The Lion's Cage is about. I think you are spot on! Maybe you could add a picture of The Lion's Cage or a link to the video so that people who view your blog will be able to see what The Lion's Cage looks like.
I found The Lion's Cage funny, but I'm not too sure I would want to watch silent films all day long. I like watching Drama films which often have a lot of dialogue, but a silent film might be a nice change every so often. Would you enjoy watching a silent film?
Keep up the great blogging!
Noho ora mai,
Emiely :)