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CITY LIGHTS (1931) FRI 3.18.09 – 9:30PM SAT 3.19.09 – 12:00PM Charmingly simple story of The Little Tramp who meets a lovely blind girl selling flowers on the sidewalk who mistakes him for a wealthy duke. When he learns that an operation may restore her sight, he sets off to earn the money she needs to have the surgery. In a series of comedy adventures that only Chaplin could pull off, he eventually succeeds, even though his efforts land him in jail. While he is there, the girl has the operation and afterwards yearns to meet her benefactor. The tearinducing closing scene, in which she discovers that he is not a wealthy duke but only The Little Tramp, is one of the highest moments in movies.
THE GOLD RUSH (1925) THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
FRI 3.18.09 –7:00PM SAT 3.19.09 – 9:00PM
FRI 3.18.09 — 7:0 0PM SAT 3.19.09 — 9:0 0PM
The Gold Rush was the last movie Chaplin made before the spec ter of the TRT: 96 mins “talkies” began to haunt him. Its brilliant set-pieces— Chaplin’s charac ter, the The Gold Rush was the last movie Lit Chaplin made before the specdance ter of of the dinner rolls, Mack Swain hungrily tle Tramp, per forming the the “talkies” began to haunt him. Its brilliant set-pieces— Chaplin’s mistaking the Tramp for a giant chicken, Swain and the Tramp feasting upon charac ter, the Lit tle Tramp, per forming the’sdance of the rolls, the lat ter shoe, and thedinner cabin teetering on the edge of the abyss—are among Mack Swain hungrily mistaking the Tramp for a giant chicken, Swain the highlights included in any assemblage of the classic moments of silent-f ilm
and the Tramp feasting upon the lat ter ’s shoe, and cabin teetering comedy. While allthe of Chaplin’s silent features are somewhat episodic, they are on the edge of the abyss—are among the highlights includedper in formances any held together by his sublime and inventive imagination. assemblage of the classic moments of silent-f ilm comedy. While all of
Chaplin’s silent features are somewhat episodic, they are held together by his sublime per formances and inventive imagination.
MODERN TIMES (1936) SAT 3.19.09 – 6:00PM SUN 3. 20.09 – 1:00PM The ‘Little Tramp’ works in a futuristic factory where every move is monitored on camera and the brutal management employ any means necessary to ensure maximum productivity. This extends to rebuking the workers for any rest they may need and mechanically feeding the Tramp at his post. He endures a number of calamities, such as the feeding device malfunctioning and becoming ensnared in the factory’s machinery before he cracks. After losing his grip on reality he runs amok before a white-coated attendant leads him off for psychiatric treatment. When cured he joins the masses of unemployed and attempts to “start life anew”, but everywhere he finds a dehumanized world which waltzes on the edge of insanity.
THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) SAT 3.19.09 – 3:00PM SUN 3. 20.09 – 5:00PM
TRT: 125 mins
Charlie Chaplin’s first talkie, made over a decade af ter the introduction of sound, stands as a brave and controversial piece of filmmaking. Entering production in 1937, at a time when many Americans saw Hitler as an ally rather than an enemy, the film was first released in 1940, prior to the United States’ entr y into the Second World War. Satirising Adolf Hitler, Chaplin plays a dual role: firstly as Adenoid Hynkel, the great dictator of the title and despotic ruler of Tomainia; and secondly - in a stroke of genius - as an amnesiac Jewish barber, who returns from the trenches of the First World War to discover that his shop is now part of a ghetto presided over by thuggish stormtroopers.
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