At 95 minutes, “The Gold Rush” was the longest comedy film to date. It riffs on, of all tragic things, the Donner Party, ...

And, as Charlie Chaplin understood and helped millions to understand, comedy and tragedy. Cinema was about a quarter of a century old when Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” premiered June 26, 1925.

The wisest among us realize that what we normally think of as opposites are also associates. There’s life and death, joy and ...

The wisest among us realize that what we normally think of as opposites are also associates. There’s life and death, joy and ...

The dialogue-free, black-and-white comedy is assembled from parts as disparate as The Legend of Zelda, Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, JibJabs, Terry Gilliam animation, Guy Maddin and Jackass.

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