Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Charles Chaplin why is he a big C?

This is the famous Charles Spencer Chaplin, also knows as Charlie Chaplin. He was a genius form the Silent Movie Age, and  he is now part of the Cinema Hall of Fame.
He made movies, that today are considerded master pieces, like
 "The Kid", "Modern Times" and "The Great Dictator", the last one was his first sound movie.
I want to concentrate on his master pice "The grat Dictator", and show why he is and forever will be a genius.


SynopsisTwenty years after the end of world war one  in which the nation of Tomainia was on the losing side, Adenoid Hynkel has risen to power as the ruthless dictator of the country. He believes in a pure Aryan state, and the decimation of the Jews. This situation is unknown to a simple Jewish-Tomainian barber who has since been hospitalized the result of a world war one battle. Upon his release, the barber, who had been suffering from memory loss about the war, is shown the new persecuted life of the Jews by many living in the Jewish ghetto.
 The lives of all Jews in Tomainia are eventually spared with a policy shift by Hynkel himself, who is doing so for ulterior motives. But those motives include a wish for world domination, as we can see on this part of the movie.


The barber, may be able to join forces to take control of the situation, they using Schultz's inside knowledge of the workings of the regime and the barber's uncanny resemblance to one of those in power.



As we can see, he was brave, and he recrated a historical moment.
 This movie brought a lot of critics and also the 
accusation from Senator McCarthy of been a communist, and he had to leave the USA for making such a scandall.
But through the years, this movie becomes a master peace, and that its what the Big C about, tracendental topics, and persons, who build the culture, like Chaplin did, and a lot of people inspired by his work is making know.
I want to leave this video with the final speach of "The Great Dictator", its really transcendental.




2 comments:

  1. I really enjoyed your entry and agree with you, Chaplin should definitely be considered as big C because of his cultural message. It would be great if you check your spelling again!.

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  2. I recognize myself as an admirer of Chaplin’s work. I agree with you that it’s able to break the time barriers. But your post also reflects the importance of the context in continuity of a work. We can imagine the reaction about The Great Dictator launching, during World War II period. That was the ideal substratum for a memorable and critical film.

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