Chaplin: The Tramp's Odyssey
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312581696 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Louvish also looks anew at Chaplin's and the Tramp's social and political ideas--the challenge to fascism, defiance of the McCarthyite witch hunts, eventual "exile," and last mature disguises as the serial killer Monsieur Verdoux and the dying English clown Calvero in Limelight. This book is an epic journey, summing up the roots of comedy and its appeal to audiences everywhere, who reveled in the clown's raw energy, his ceaseless struggle against adversity, and his capacity to represent our own fears, foibles, dreams, inner demons and hopes.. He was a figure of multiple paradoxes. Fields to Laurel and Hardy and Mae West, looks afresh at the "mask behind the man." Louvish charts the tale of the Tramp himself through his films, from the early Mack Sennett shorts through the major features (The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, et al.). He retrieves Chaplin as the iconic London street kid who carried the "surreal" antics of early British music hall triumphantly onto the Hollywood screen. An Everyman who expressed the defiant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood’s richest man. Simon Louvish's new book, following his five major biographies of c
Barry Sharpe said Chaplin's Tramp Profiled. It is important that one realizes this book is not a biography of Charlie Chaplin. It is, rather, an analysis of and a complete filmography of Chalin's ubiquitous Tramp character. Simon Louvish gives us the necessary details of Charlie's life to flesh out the development of his predominant character from the earliest beginnings on Mack Sennett's Keystone backlot to his final film appearance.This is a very detailed, very analytical book, well documented with notes, bibliography and so. An Excellent In-depth Look at Chaplin and The Little Fellow Gerry Mandel I have a lot of books on Chaplin, probably over 100. I've read most of them (except those in French, Danish, Russian, etc). I picked up this book by Mr. Louvish after letting it sit on my shelf for a year, and now I can not put it down. He has a wonderful style of writing, a sharp mind and thought-provoking analysis of Chaplin and his films different than other books in my collection. I'm halfway through and plan to finish it in the next few days. I highly recommend this.. Robert J. Bodnar said Four Stars. Interesting read.
He documents Chaplin's costuming, the development and evolution of the Tramp through the earliest films, plus departures to experiment with other characters. That event galvanized him into action, and he immediately began auditioning babies for his first feature, The Kid (1921). The book opens with the 1914 Keystone comedies and films Chaplin directed for Essanay, followed by Mutual titles and his creative expansion at First National, where he moved from shorts to features. Interweaving reviews, interviews and early screenplay drafts, Louvish unveils an impressive, prismatic portrait of Hollywood's majestic jester. 13)Copyrig