tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post1862721526947519221..comments2024-03-27T23:36:43.408-07:00Comments on Apocalypse Later Film Reviews: Kid Auto Races at Venice, Cal (1914)Hal C. F. Astellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807389103456317098noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post-79041212246290728212014-09-09T09:38:26.649-07:002014-09-09T09:38:26.649-07:00I'd give this at least a 4 and rate it higher ...I'd give this at least a 4 and rate it higher than most of the Keystones. Sure there's a threadbare plot, but the plots in any of the Keystones are more contrived than inspired. I enjoy what Chaplin does from a pure movement perspective as much as anything else, and here you get more of that pure movement aspect than in most of his early films. Plus in many of his early films he acts pretty unsympathetically and that is less the acse here. He's clearly irking the camera man, but we don't feel any real affinity for the camera man so it doesn't bother the viewer.Robnoreply@blogger.com