Essence of Chaplin

The Style, the Rhythm and the Grace of a Master

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-09-22
Mått:178 x 254 x 13 mm
Vikt:458 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786476343

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Skådespelare och artister inom Kultur
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsIntroduction delete 1One: The Biography delete 11Two: Charlie’s Role-Playing delete 25Three: Chaplin’s Satire delete 37Four: Beyond Satire: What Charlie Believes In delete 53Five: Chaplin and the Intimacy of the Camera delete 65Six: The Concrete and the Suggestive delete 81Seven: Chaplin’s Filmmaking Skills delete 94Eight: Chaplin’s Sense of Balance delete 116Nine: Balance in the Character of Charlie delete 129Ten: Charlie and Women delete 145Eleven: Charlie, Dogs and Children delete 168Twelve: Charlie and Men delete 185Thirteen: Chaplin and Rhythm delete 200Fourteen: Dance delete 208Fifteen: Chaplin’s Music delete 217Sixteen: Two Musical Sequences delete 227Chapter Notes delete 243Bibliography delete 247Index delete 249