Charlie Chaplin's remarkable life and comedic talent have been the focus of countless popular and scholarly studies. In this groundbreaking work, Chaplin's often underrated skills as a film director take center stage. Highlighting the screen icon's significance as a filmmaker, this study focuses on the heart of Chaplin's cinema--his silent works starring his alter-ego, Charlie--and examines both his great silent film features like The Kid, The Gold Rush and Modern Times, and his shorter, earlier films like The Immigrant, The Pawn Shop, The Pilgrim and A Dog's Life. An analysis of the formal…mehr
Charlie Chaplin's remarkable life and comedic talent have been the focus of countless popular and scholarly studies. In this groundbreaking work, Chaplin's often underrated skills as a film director take center stage. Highlighting the screen icon's significance as a filmmaker, this study focuses on the heart of Chaplin's cinema--his silent works starring his alter-ego, Charlie--and examines both his great silent film features like The Kid, The Gold Rush and Modern Times, and his shorter, earlier films like The Immigrant, The Pawn Shop, The Pilgrim and A Dog's Life. An analysis of the formal properties of Chaplin's filmmaking reveals the merit of his cinema, the depth of its emotion and the extent of its meaning. Chaplin is among the great artists of any medium, in any time, with an ability to touch on very subtle aspects of the human condition.
John Fawell, a professor of humanities in the College of General Studies at Boston University, has written books on Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone and the studio-era Hollywood film, as well as provided the film commentary for Universal Studio's Blu-ray release of Hitchcock's Rear Window. He lives in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Table of Contents Introduction delete 1 One: The Biography delete 11 Two: Charlie's Role-Playing delete 25 Three: Chaplin's Satire delete 37 Four: Beyond Satire: What Charlie Believes In delete 53 Five: Chaplin and the Intimacy of the Camera delete 65 Six: The Concrete and the Suggestive delete 81 Seven: Chaplin's Filmmaking Skills delete 94 Eight: Chaplin's Sense of Balance delete 116 Nine: Balance in the Character of Charlie delete 129 Ten: Charlie and Women delete 145 Eleven: Charlie, Dogs and Children delete 168 Twelve: Charlie and Men delete 185 Thirteen: Chaplin and Rhythm delete 200 Fourteen: Dance delete 208 Fifteen: Chaplin's Music delete 217 Sixteen: Two Musical Sequences delete 227 Chapter Notes delete 243 Bibliography delete 247 Index delete 249
Table of Contents Introduction delete 1 One: The Biography delete 11 Two: Charlie's Role-Playing delete 25 Three: Chaplin's Satire delete 37 Four: Beyond Satire: What Charlie Believes In delete 53 Five: Chaplin and the Intimacy of the Camera delete 65 Six: The Concrete and the Suggestive delete 81 Seven: Chaplin's Filmmaking Skills delete 94 Eight: Chaplin's Sense of Balance delete 116 Nine: Balance in the Character of Charlie delete 129 Ten: Charlie and Women delete 145 Eleven: Charlie, Dogs and Children delete 168 Twelve: Charlie and Men delete 185 Thirteen: Chaplin and Rhythm delete 200 Fourteen: Dance delete 208 Fifteen: Chaplin's Music delete 217 Sixteen: Two Musical Sequences delete 227 Chapter Notes delete 243 Bibliography delete 247 Index delete 249
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