ly funny scenes.Innovations And Its Place In History Of Cinema:The camera movement in this film had a deep effect on world cinema. The camera movement is smooth; it draws the viewer into the film much more carefully than does the nonstop camera movement. However it is not only the movement of the camera that makes this film so different, it is the careful relation between people, objects and the camera. In one part of the film, doorman after stealing the uniform he attends his daughter's wedding and he gets drunk. Then a camera that staggers across the room shows the man’s drunkenness. The man soon drifts off to a blurry fantasy and revolving doors. In the dream he lifts with one hand a luggage that six men could not lift and to the amazement of an audience hurls the trunk up and down, always catching it perfectly with his one extended arm.These Blurry sequences and the many subjective shots through out the film were quite unique for its time and place. The Last Laugh raised the art of the silent film to its highest level of achievement.Germany At The Time:This is quite interesting since almost all the films during 1918 till 1945 reflects a picture of the social, economical and political situation of Germany at the time. Hence it would be quite useful to have an understanding of the time when The Last Laugh was made.This film was made during the economical crisis and political instability of a defeated Germany after World War I, the time of disastrous hyperinflation of 1923. In May 1921 the reparations for World War One were set at a huge 132 billion Gold Marks. The Germans had no motivation to work because any money they made had to go to the Allies. By 1922 the Mark was worth 1/100th of its 1914 value. By 1922, the value of the Mark fell from 162 to the American dollar to 7000 Marks to the dollar. By November of 1923, it had fallen all the way to 4,200,000,000,000 Marks to the dollar . However, late 1923 brought about the fi...
