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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Very best movie i ever watch

Admirable film.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

But this short film has no chance of making the podium. It's basically slightly more than six (in the original version even eleven) minutes of the Tramp basically getting in the way of everything and everybody: watching bystanders, photographers, race-cars.It gets repetitive pretty quickly and you have to be a huge Chaplin fanatic in order to see the good in this film. Maybe the reason for this lacking the usual charm of the Chaplin movies was that this one was neither written nor directed by the master himself, but by notable silent film director Henry Lehrman, who also took the chance to star alongside Chaplin in a film that gave birth to one of the most notable characters in movie history: The Tramp. Getting started is the hardest part and just like with the cars in "Kid Auto Races at Venice" it proves true and a challenging effort to get the motor going. I think we can forgive him for this one as the majority of what he came up with in the next 25 years purrs like a kitten to this day.

Kid Auto Races in Venice is historical in that it marks Charlie Chaplin's first appearance as The Tramp. In this short film, The Tramp is a spectator in a soap box derby race that is being filmed. Throughout the short, Charlie keeps getting in front of the camera and getting pushed off by either the cameraman or other spectators. In addition, he almost gets knocked off by some of the kid racers! Obviously not much to mention of the plot of this six minute short but for some reason I was constantly amused by Chaplin's constant wandering in and out of the path of where the race cars were going as well as the cameraman's attempts to get him out of the way. Worth a look for film history buffs and the easily amused.

If this hadn't been the Tramp's premiere, there'd be no sense in watching it. Very primitive comedy -- the whole film is a 7-minute shtick that consists of Chaplin standing in front of a cameraman who's trying to shoot an auto race. This is repeated for the length of the film.Like most of Chaplin's first one and two-reelers, the comedy is almost completely obscured by the crudity of the film technique. As in most of the 1914 films, it's sometimes almost impossible to make out what's happening on screen, the technical side of things is so elementary. But it IS the tramps first appearance, so it will always have that claim on our attention.

The Kid at the Auto Races at Venice (1914) is basically a short about an auto race and an early debut of Chaplin's alter ego "The Tramp".Minor spoilers....A cameraman is trying to document an auto race on film, that is until an unwelcome spectator decides to mug in front of the camera. Strange short subject comedy from Charles Chaplin and sadly how people act whenever there's a camera around. A bit amusing.An interesting short. Worth watching.B+