Charles Chaplin

Limelight

June 25, 2003 // 0 Comments

"Limelight" was Charlie Chaplin’s last film in the US before he was driven out of the country by the fanatic McCarthy/Hoover witchhunts. It is a highly self-reflective movie that sheds a lot of light on Chaplin’s own life, as well as his [...]

Limelight

June 25, 2003 // 0 Comments

"Limelight" was Charlie Chaplin’s last film in the US before he was driven out of the country by the fanatic McCarthy/Hoover witchhunts. It is a highly self-reflective movie that sheds a lot of light on Chaplin’s own life, as well as his [...]

Modern Times

May 19, 2000 // 0 Comments

Charlie Chaplin would have loved digital filmmaking. Watch his films (especially the Mutual two-reelers) and you see an artist in love with the technology of movies. When film was not malleable enough, only then did he resort to props (e.g. the shoe [...]