nothing like a watching a silent film on a sunday evening with the los angeles chamber orchestra performing the original accompaniment! charlie chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH (1925) is a comedy at its finest. i almost cried at the end. i would have brought francine for the occasion, but she was nursing hungover at home (needless to say, silent film galas do invite fox furs). the cut we watched was as close to the director's cut you could get, pieced together from a two later versions of the film and a salvaged 35mm print from a private collection. the original cut has been lost to history.
it was very comforting. i am happy right now.
