AMAZING! (Video, 4:38 mins.) Bruce Dickson - TopicsExpress



          

AMAZING! (Video, 4:38 mins.) Bruce Dickson wrote: Interesting background on the film is that Chaplin was having great difficulty getting the project completed and distributed because the studios lawyers feared defamation suits (Hitler had several unabashed admirers among the elite of the day) and the UK administration feared it would interfere with its policy of appeasement . Then, when war quickly became inevitable (and, by the time the film opened, was a fact), the tide changed and buoyed the picture towards some the highest-grosses of its release period - and perhaps of Chaplins entire career. Among Chaplins inspirations for the film were the infamous propaganda works of German filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl, at which Chaplin was reputed to have howled with laughter thanks to their over-the-top idolatry and from which he cribbed the mannerisms and oratorical style he satirized via his character. Lemons turned into a bracing and refreshing lemonade: such was the genius of Chaplins accomplishment.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:51:25 +0000

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