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Adam Gopnik’s Adventures in Moviegoing

Adam Gopnik on CITY LIGHTS

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    Directed by Charles Chaplin • 1931 • United States
    Starring Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers

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  • L’Atalante

    Directed by Jean Vigo • 1934 • France

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