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• Chaplin - grinagog 18:40:51 12/31/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Charles Chaplin posted by patrickU on December 31, 2003 at 07:03:03:

  agreed, some of the best moments in film are his
  Chaplin was unfathomably popular, there was even a religious group in Vietnam that worshipped him as an icon!
  He did a great deal to promote film as a popular medium and formed United Artists which gave actors a voice against the power of the studios
  I wouldnt mind betting that with his image of the tramp with bowler hat and cane, baggy trousers and moustache, Chaplin created the single most universally recognised persona of the 20th Century
  Graham

  
  
  

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• Buster Keaton - rico 09:05:20 12/31/03 (2)
  In Reply to: Charles Chaplin posted by patrickU on December 31, 2003 at 07:03:03:

  I enjoy both Keaton and Chaplin (also LLoyd) but Keaton's "Sherlock, Jr." and "The General" are both on my own list of the 10 greatest films ever made.
  
  

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  • Re: Buster Keaton - patrickU 09:10:42 12/31/03 (1)
    In Reply to: Buster Keaton posted by rico on December 31, 2003 at 09:05:20:

    Keaton was of course more than great, and one actor always left behind and who was good too: Stan Laurel by the way!
    
    

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    • Re: Buster Keaton - rico 09:21:32 12/31/03 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Buster Keaton posted by patrickU on December 31, 2003 at 09:10:42:

      He was a quadruple threat: actor, director, producer, and supreme stunt man.
      
      

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• I would give equal weight to Harold Lloyd's and Buster Keaton's artistry. - Audiophilander 08:25:45 12/31/03 (5)
  In Reply to: Charles Chaplin posted by patrickU on December 31, 2003 at 07:03:03:

  There are brilliant moments in many of their films as well, ever bit as beautiful and touching.

  > > > "HE could let the faces speaks upon the screen without a word..." < < <

  Ummm, like yeah; his best films were made before the advent of sound with the exception of City Lights and Modern Times (i.e., The Circus being released just as sound was taking hold)! By hat time he felt that sound would destroy the charm and pathos of his Little Tramp character.

  Seriously, I get your point, but that could be said of many other fine actors and comedians as well. Furthermore, when Chaplin finally made the move to sound he did so rather awkwardly (i.e., in The Great Dictator) with less emphasis on the pathos and more on the slapstick and his later films are often pretentious and ponderous to the point of distraction.

  FTR, in spite of how my criticism of Chaplin's work probably sounds, I really do like most of his films, but I must emphasize that he isn't my favorite silent era artist/comedian. IMHO, Harold Lloyd's films hold up better as do most of Keaton's and they had greater output; French comedian Max Linder was more inspired; comediannes like Marion Davies were often funnier and Mary Pickford could equal Chaplin's pathos and charm.

  These are just my opinions of course; YMMV.

  AuPh
  
  

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  • Re: I would give equal weight to Harold Lloyd's and Buster Keaton's artistry. - patrickU 08:45:57 12/31/03 (4)
    In Reply to: I would give equal weight to Harold Lloyd's and Buster Keaton's artistry. posted by Audiophilander on December 31, 2003 at 08:25:45:

    Well he f**** Marion Davies, I believe you can not do all together...
    But for me he is the best. No one could emotionally mach him. No brain but all heart, so to say.
    And what a man.
    Very happy New Year!
    
    

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    • "Well he f**** Marion Davies, ..." - So, how does that prove who was on top talent-wise? (nt) - Audiophilander 10:09:59 12/31/03 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: I would give equal weight to Harold Lloyd's and Buster Keaton's artistry. posted by patrickU on December 31, 2003 at 08:45:57:

      ;^)
      
      

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      • Re: Yes he was on the top..... - patrickU 03:05:23 01/01/04 (0)
        In Reply to: "Well he f**** Marion Davies, ..." - So, how does that prove who was on top talent-wise? (nt) posted by Audiophilander on December 31, 2003 at 10:09:59:

        At least I suppose...
        
        

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    • How did you enjoy "Monsieur Verdoux", Patrick? - orejones 09:00:03 12/31/03 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: I would give equal weight to Harold Lloyd's and Buster Keaton's artistry. posted by patrickU on December 31, 2003 at 08:45:57:

      "Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain; millions a hero. Numbers sanctify." (Mr. Verdoux said, while waiting to be executed...)

      Did you like it?

      Regards

      BF
      
      
      

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      • Re: How did you enjoy "Monsieur Verdoux", Patrick? - patrickU 09:08:16 12/31/03 (0)
        In Reply to: How did you enjoy "Monsieur Verdoux", Patrick? posted by orejones on December 31, 2003 at 09:00:03:

        I saw it too long ago, but I remember* not like it very much as it spoke more to the brain as to the " heart " and that was atypical for CC. The same applies for " A King in NJ "
        But of course who had to be seen.

        * I would have to reevaluted it.
        
        

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