tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post6730605122950399506..comments2008-09-26T17:17:12.359-04:00T.S.noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-33299735400238476732008-09-26T15:00:00.000-04:002008-09-26T15:00:00.000-04:00T.S.:<BR/><BR/>As coincidence would have it, today, there is a review by my colleague Allan Fish of CITY LIGHTS at the top of the homepage of our new blogsite, wondersinthedark.wordpress.com........Having yours and Allan's this week is any Chaplin lover's dream.........I have happily added Screen Savour to my blog roll as well..........Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-5145271993097882402008-09-24T10:09:00.000-04:002008-09-24T10:09:00.000-04:00DarkCity and Farzan - Thanks for your kind words.<BR/><BR/>Sam - I'm glad you enjoyed the review, and I'm equally glad the series is working. I wish I could find a way to squeeze a Chaplin film into one of the classes I teach. To give a new audience the experience of Chaplin – wow. Considering all of Chaplin's films in the last few months, I found <I>City Lights</I> to be the most difficult to write cogently (thus the delay). There is a great deal of weight on the film, particularly in circles where it's considered one of the (or <I>the</I>) greatest films, but I'm glad it worked.T.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00945932279787919282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-16446986511353042592008-09-23T07:38:00.000-04:002008-09-23T07:38:00.000-04:00Indeed, another great essay on the man I regard as the greatest genius in the entire history of the cinema. And CITY LIGHTS is probably my favorite film of all time, edging out Bresson's BALTHEZAR, Ozu's TOKYO STORY and Mizoguchi's SANSHO THE BAILIFF.<BR/><BR/>T.S., you have really outdone yourself with this particular review, but the entire series has been superb. Indeed, Chaplin was a painstaking perfectionist who shot and reshot over and over as you relate, and that ending was left (by you) unexamined so that the 'beauty in the eye of the beholder' can play itself out. Yes it is one of the most imitated and powerful conclusions to any film.<BR/><BR/> Your infectious passion has again shone through with this marvelous writing.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-70426677616921993702008-09-23T01:31:00.000-04:002008-09-23T01:31:00.000-04:00Another great Chaplin reviewFarzanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07026623319981761337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-7113250110873547062008-09-21T23:19:00.000-04:002008-09-21T23:19:00.000-04:00T.S. Nice review of Chaplin's City Lights.<BR/>A couple of Chaplin films that I have watched and I must admit <BR/>Limelight (1952) with Chaplin as Calvero is one of my favorite(s). <BR/>(I think that (Limelight) was Chaplin last American released film.) <BR/>Others Chaplin's films that made the list...<BR/>Monsieur Verdoux (1947) with Chaplin as Henri Verdoux... <BR/>The Great Dictator (1940)<BR/>Modern Times (1936) Another favorite! <BR/>City Lights (1931)<BR/>... aka City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime.darkcitydame4ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06369967577590947967noreply@blogger.com