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Unknown Chaplin: The Master at Work
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767086165
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0767086163
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
MPN: D71907D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 29, 2005
Running Time: 166 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 21, 1986
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Editorial Review:
Indispensable for any Chaplin fan and important and highly intriguing for anyone who cares about film history, this three-volume series offers the outtakes and unreleased tracks of the Little Tramp's storied career. Archivist Kevin Brownlow and David Gill meticulously and ingeniously piece together previously unseen footage from Chaplin's private collection, demonstrating in part 1 how painstakingly the director developed gags in such short films as The Cure and The Immigrant. Part 2 is less essential, but offers the famous behind-the-camera intrigue of the making of his classic City Lights, a film in which pokey perfectionist Chaplin makes Stanley Kubrick look like a caffeinated, indie tyro rushing through production. Part 3 demonstrates how Chaplin recycled ideas he discarded early in his career for use in later film. It includes a historic first--one of the first extended sequences Chaplin shot trying to break out of the Little Tramp mold. Doubly amazing is how fresh and funny and effective Chaplin's filmmaking remains today, nearly a century later. --David Kronke
With bowler hat, mustache and cane, Charlie Chaplin became one of the twentieth century's most recognized and beloved icons. But for decades, the secrets to his timeless film magic were presumed lost forever to the cutting-room floors of a bygone era. Now, available on DVD for the first time, UNKNOWN CHAPLIN captures the cinematic genius as he was never meant to be seen. Using countless reels of footage and outtakes Chaplin had wanted destroyed, film archivists Kevin Brownlow and David Gill have meticulously crafted an essential and fascinating documentary homage to the Little Tramp who will no doubt keep us laughing until the last flickering frame. Featuring the following programs: MY HAPPIEST YEARS: Early shorts reveal how constant re-working of sight gags led to Chaplin's first triumph. THE GREAT DIRECTOR: The Kid, The Gold Rush and City Lights--by 1918, Chaplin is the movie industry's top director. HIDDEN TREASURES: See the original opening sequence to Chaplin's City Lights with a new musical score. DVD Features: How UNKNOWN CHAPLIN Was Made; Two Bonus Shorts: The Making of The Count and Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder; Chaplin Biography; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - In memoriam!
It was not an outcome of the casualty that Charlot left us on Christmas days. It had to be on this way, because his message will transcend by far the patina of the times.
The genius is always contemporary.
Rating:  - A never-before seen look at a genius at work
A fascinating look at Charlie Chaplin's creative process. Chaplin would start a movie project with a location and perhaps the most rudimentary premise, "writing" the movie as he went-- which meant thousands of takes and often years to complete a film. This documentary, narrated by James Mason, shows us the dedication, determination, and rigors this incredible performer took to create his many masterpieces. If you are interested in Chaplin's work, this is a must-see.
Rating: - The Genius of Laughter
Unknown Chaplin is an excellent three part documentary about the parts of Charlie Chaplin's career that are not well known to the public. Film-makers Kevin Brownlow and David Gill became aware of rare film footage from Chaplin's archive and came up with the idea to make a documentary of it. They discovered ample evidence of the genius's filming techniques including scenes of him directing and creating gags on film.
The first episode delves into what are known as Chaplin's "happiest ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful
I consider this an excellent documentary of the inner workings of Chas. Chaplin. There are many insightful parts and many of the films recorded on this documentary that had never been seen since they were filmed. Also according to the DVD extras, some of the film that is seen on this dvd did not survive.
Rating: - Chaplin at Work
I remember sitting in front of my television, rapturously watching the documentary "Hollywood" created by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill in 1980. Each of the 13 segments dealing with a specific part of early Hollywood history, played on PBS and was a true delight. In this era before DVD, and even VHS, it was a great way to see a large number of rare clips from the Silent era. A few years later, they made "Unknown Chaplin", perhaps the most astonishing documentary ever created about the technical side ... Read More
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