tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post6434466775257506846..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: SAFETY LAST! (1923)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-24863899150466006092009-12-31T07:53:10.946-05:002009-12-31T07:53:10.946-05:00The climb is the obvious highlight of this film an...The climb is the obvious highlight of this film and the reason it is best known. It is great filmmaking and great acrobatics, which many of the masters of silent comedy all excelled in, that said, you're right the rest of the film is not classic, it is not bad, but Lloyd has done better as you say.<br />Excellent essay!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808503055317962289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-41745940471118694132009-12-28T23:56:56.883-05:002009-12-28T23:56:56.883-05:00The climb, of course, is symbolic of the American ...The climb, of course, is symbolic of the American desire to climb into a higher socio-economic class -- by no means easy, but not impossible, either; this was the Go-Go Twenties, after all. Lloyd climbs successfully, and he gets The Girl. I think this is why, along with the sheer grandeur you rightly refer to, that Safety Last! is so powerful and archetypal a film; that climb with all its physical impressiveness also really stands for something.Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.com