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Netflix now has a bunch of Charlie Chaplin movies (at least in Canada): The Great Dictator Modern Times The Gold Rush Limelight The Circus The Kid City Lights Monsieur Verdoux I figured this would be the thread to ask: how would you rank these films? I'm going to try and convince my remote-viewing movie night crew to watch a few, starting with the best.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 06:16 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 14:15 |
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City Lights is number one, no contest. After that you can go: The Great Dictator Modern Times The Gold Rush (make sure it’s the cut w/out the narration) The Kid Then: Limelight The Circus Monsieur Verdoux They’re all great. Great Dictator would be pretty relevant, but City Lights is now and forever a crowd pleaser, tear-jerker and is pretty much perfect. Kart Barfunkel fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Jun 24, 2020 |
# ? Jun 24, 2020 06:18 |
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City Lights and Modern Times are the two most generally acclaimed overall so maybe the best two to start with, but Modern Times is Chaplin’s last film with the Tramp so maybe you would want to do others before getting to that one. Great Dictator is after that even. But yeah start with City Lights it’s so so good
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 06:33 |
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you don't need to watch them all but i think it's important to watch the ones you're interested in, in the order they were released. modern times is a great standalone movie, but as the bridge for chaplin from silent to talkie it's taken to a new level. & even going from the kid to the circus you can see his innovations and technique improve substantially. or dont do any of that poo poo you're in for a treat regardless
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 09:07 |
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City Lights is definitely the greater film, but imo Gold Rush is the funniest and most visually interesting one. Vastly prefer it to Modern Times, which is still great.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 12:00 |
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City Lights is Chaplin's masterpiece, IMO, but The Kid, The Gold Rush (original cut), The Circus, and Modern Times are all fantastic. For that matter, I'd definitely check out his dozen Mutual shorts since they're up there with the 1920-1923 solo Keaton comedies.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 17:51 |
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I'm in the minority but Monsieur Verdoux (1947) is my favorite as I found it more philosophically interesting than anything else. Still need to watch: -Limelight -The Circus
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 22:34 |
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gently caress, Zogo, The Circus is one of my favorites. Seriously underrated and I don't know why it isn't discussed the same way City Lights and Modern Times are. Maybe it was less innovative but it's as if not more fun.
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# ? Jun 25, 2020 04:24 |
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Since these forums may die or if you don’t want to associate with a serial woman beater, I made a Discord server for Blu-Ray/physical mediA collectors. Come join. https://discord.gg/yTSMfY
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# ? Jun 25, 2020 04:40 |
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Not a fan of discord at all, but if the forums go down I hope to see y'all somewhere on the other side.
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# ? Jun 25, 2020 05:28 |
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TrixRabbi posted:gently caress, Zogo, The Circus is one of my favorites. Seriously underrated and I don't know why it isn't discussed the same way City Lights and Modern Times are. Maybe it was less innovative but it's as if not more fun. There's actually a few reasons. One is that it was an incredibly traumatic production for Chaplin. He was going through a nasty divorce, the IRS was after him for back taxes, his main set burnt down, and the lab hosed up a bunch of footage. Apparently, he doesn't even mention the film in his autobiography. I will also say that The Gold Rush is worth checking out for the silent version because it's a vastly greater film in that form. And if you don't already own it, The Kid is astonishingly beautiful. Apparently, the camera negative managed to survive (except for one section) and it's startling to see a 1921 film look virtually brand new.
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# ? Jun 25, 2020 05:35 |
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TrixRabbi posted:gently caress, Zogo, The Circus is one of my favorites. Seriously underrated and I don't know why it isn't discussed the same way City Lights and Modern Times are. Maybe it was less innovative but it's as if not more fun. I bumped it to the top of my Netflix queue. I see it just entered the IMDb top 250 as well.
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# ? Jun 25, 2020 21:43 |
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I know most people are probably waiting for the sale, but The Cameraman is on my top ten list for the year. If you're already a fan of Buster Keaton or enjoy silent comedy (like the Chaplin and Lloyd films), this should be an essential title. It's every bit as great as Keaton's other masterpieces like The General and Sherlock Jr., plus there's the added element of filmmaking. There's also a ton of extras on this. It has Keaton's last silent film Spite Marriage, both films have commentaries, a documentary on his MGM work, some new interviews, and there's a neat short film about early motion picture cameras.
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 13:31 |
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have they officially announced the sale?
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 13:37 |
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Not anywhere I can see. Looking back, in 2019 and 2018 the sale started on the last Thursday of June. Which was yesterday. But in 2017 it started on the second Monday of July. So there's no consistent pattern.
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 14:09 |
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Gripweed posted:Not anywhere I can see. Looking back, in 2019 and 2018 the sale started on the last Thursday of June. Which was yesterday. But in 2017 it started on the second Monday of July. So there's no consistent pattern. thanks. also I don't know what your new AV is supposed to be but I like it
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 15:13 |
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Was the Grand Budapest Hotel release worth having if I already own the previous blu ray? The review I read says both releases used the same 4k master but that this one was "supervised by Wes Anderson". I assume there isn't a huge difference though? Any special features that are particularly worthwhile?
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 16:04 |
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gey muckle mowser posted:thanks. also I don't know what your new AV is supposed to be but I like it I don't know either, a mod gave it to me.
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 16:05 |
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Basebf555 posted:Was the Grand Budapest Hotel release worth having if I already own the previous blu ray? The review I read says both releases used the same 4k master but that this one was "supervised by Wes Anderson". I assume there isn't a huge difference though? Commentary, nice packaging, and some new video pieces. The film itself should be identical since it had a 2K DI.
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 17:36 |
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where should I start with Agnès Varda if I’ve never seen any of her films?
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 18:20 |
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Cleo from 5 to 7 is funny, accessible, and an amazing intro to her style.
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 18:51 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Cleo from 5 to 7 is funny, accessible, and an amazing intro to her style. For more recent stuff I recommend The Gleaners & I and Faces Places. Both are very chill documentaries where she is traveling around interviewing normal/overlooked people. Think Werner Herzog but with Jim Jarmusch sensibilities. (i might get roasted for this comparison?)
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 19:06 |
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I would actually watch some of her shorts first. For a lot of her career that was her focus, and the channel has a ton of them. Uncle Yanco, L’Opera Mouffe, and Black Panthers will show you just how incredibly broad her range was in a hair over an hour
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 19:25 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cggCfxMEMQ
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 20:56 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Cleo from 5 to 7 is funny, accessible, and an amazing intro to her style. Thanks! DeimosRising posted:I would actually watch some of her shorts first. For a lot of her career that was her focus, and the channel has a ton of them. Uncle Yanco, LOpera Mouffe, and Black Panthers will show you just how incredibly broad her range was in a hair over an hour I’ll check those out as well!
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# ? Jun 26, 2020 22:15 |
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We watched God Told Me To last night and, in a fit of boredom from a meeting, I decided to google any reviews. Roger Ebert did not like the movie. I didn't find it quite as confused, my fiancee described it as "pulp-y" which I think is accurate. The dialogue was bad in a few places and I don't know that it was overall a good movie, but I'm glad I watched it. Definitely interesting to see religiosity as a sort of painful isolator from humanity. Thanks for the recommendation, everyone. We're going to watch In a Lonely Place, and I'll try and see Raging Bull as well, but the past few weeks have been so busy. I'm glad that we watched Mulholland Dr. back in December though, would hate to have missed out on it.
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# ? Jun 30, 2020 15:56 |
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Biggest bangers in the Czech New Wave collection?
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# ? Jul 2, 2020 06:55 |
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Honestly, it’s easier to list which ones *aren’t* worth watching: Pearls of the Deep and Return of the Prodigal Son. Do you want something comedic and lighthearted? The Fireman’s Ball or Loves of A Blonde. Surreal and anarchic? Daisies or Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. Horror-tinged and postmodern? The Cremator or A Report on the Party and Guests. It’s a really stunning collection, honestly.
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# ? Jul 2, 2020 07:19 |
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Loves of a Blonde is pretty great.
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# ? Jul 2, 2020 08:09 |
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The title sequence of Loves of a Blonde is the biggest banger of all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRboHHWxKrA
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# ? Jul 2, 2020 15:03 |
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Chakan posted:We watched God Told Me To last night and, in a fit of boredom from a meeting, I decided to google any reviews. Roger Ebert did not like the movie. Roger Ebert had a habit of making GBS threads on movies that he felt were "beneath" him whenever he felt the need to reinforce his self-image as a bohemian intellectual and that particular review is a great example of this.
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# ? Jul 3, 2020 16:22 |
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https://www.criterionchannel.com/leaving-july-31 So what's the good poo poo that's leaving the channel this time around? Last night I watched Pierrot le fou and enjoyed it quite a bit. And I guess I've seen West Side Story ages ago in grade school. Haven't seen anything else. What's the stuff I absolutely have got to see? I definitely wanna hit up a lot of the Godard movies leaving but other than that I don't have any plans.
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 18:51 |
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Srice posted:https://www.criterionchannel.com/leaving-july-31 Aguirre, The Wrath of God is absolutely essential viewing. It's one of those movies where I don't think a person has fully experienced the potential of film as a medium until they've seen it.
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 18:54 |
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The Nun from Jacques Rivette. Also depending on what tier of socialism you're on, Godard's La Chinoise. Heard good things about Seconds too.
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 19:06 |
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-i think aguirre is a top 10 film period -the wind is that late silent greatness -david holzman's diary is still terrifyingly prescient over 50 years after the fact also a reminder to myself to watch: -grand prix -the age of innocence -the man with the golden arm -alphaville and bande a part -rewatch a married woman
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 19:06 |
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Band of outsiders for sure if you dug pierrot and want more of that. Idaho too if you haven't seen it
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 19:08 |
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Srice posted:https://www.criterionchannel.com/leaving-july-31 Seconds But I'm A Cheerleader as well. Aguirre is a must-watch, for sure.
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 19:15 |
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Srice posted:https://www.criterionchannel.com/leaving-july-31 Age of Innocence is easily a top 5 Scorcese movie. But I'm a Cheerleader is also great.
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 19:25 |
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Thanks for the recs, all. Had a good time watching But I'm a Cheerleader this morning, and the next movie I watch is definitely gonna be Aguirre. Will absolutely make sure I watch Seconds before that leaves the channel too. Cheers
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# ? Jul 7, 2020 12:22 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 14:15 |
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Srice posted:https://www.criterionchannel.com/leaving-july-31 Am I really gonna do this again? I am, because work is slow and I love making lists. Masterpiece: Aguirre Very Good: Band of Outsiders The Wind The Scarlet Letter Seconds Stella Dallas (1937) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Good: The Age of Innocence My Own Private Idaho A Woman Is a Woman David Holzman's Diary West Side Story Contempt Dinner at Eight Pierrot le fou Meh: Gloria The Big Knife The Man with the Golden Arm Ugh: Hero Alphaville Made in U.S.A. La Chinoise Hail Mary all IMHO, of course
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