Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, Written & Directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel. Includes interviews with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., Claire Bloom, Geraldine Chaplin, Syndney Chaplin, Milos Forman, Richard Attenborough, Norman Lloyd, Andrew Sarris, Jeanine Basinger, Bill Irwin, Marcel Marceau, David Raskin & Jeffery Vance + clips from
many of Chaplin's classic films + rare home movies(inc. Charlie playing tennis with Groucho Marx) + much, much more. Premeried at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
It is crammed to the gills with a fine selection of the beloved comic's best work, with talking-head commentary serving to deepen and enrich the enjoyment.
A well-organized, informative and inevitably entertaining portrait of the man who revolutionized screen comedy and who arguably became the first mass-market, commercialized media figure.
Richard Schickel, a noted film critic and historian, has used the familiar techniques of historical documentary to construct a critical biography of one of the dominant figures in 20th-century popular culture.
Made with enormous affection; the Chaplinesque sentimentality, which so many silent fans cite when voicing a preference for Keaton or Harold Lloyd, is employed here, not exploited.
The new generations represented here -- Depp, Scorsese, etc. -- remind us that Chaplin's best work does not confine his brilliance to bygone years. Or even to the 20th Century.
A wonderful, touching, informative, well-done and heartbreaking documentary of the greatest comedic talent of all time. Great interviews with Chaplin's children, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp and Robert Downey jr, not to mention numerous film critics and Chaplin biographers. This documentary also features many many
great clips of his work. This is definitely a great watch but it also makes me feel like an idiot for not seeing more than half a dozen of Chaplin's films.
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