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Charlie Chaplin: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) Paperback – January 13, 2005

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In late 1914, Charlie Chaplin's name first began appearing on marquees. By the end of the following year, moviegoers couldn't get enough of him and his iconic persona, the Little Tramp. Perpetually outfitted with baggy pants, a limp cane, and a dusty bowler hat, the character became so beloved that Chaplin was mobbed by fans, journalists, and critics at every turn.

Although he never particularly liked giving interviews, he accepted the demands of his stardom, giving detailed responses about his methods of making movies. He quickly progressed from making two-reel shorts to feature-length masterpieces such as The Gold Rush, City Lights, and Modern Times.

Charlie Chaplin: Interviews offers a complex portrait of perhaps the world's greatest cinematic comedian and a man who is considered to be one of the most influential screen artists in movie history. The interviews he granted, performances in and of themselves, are often as well-crafted as his films. Unlike the Little Tramp, Chaplin the interviewee comes across as melancholy and serious, as the titles of some early interviews―“Beneath the Mask: Witty, Wistful, Serious Is the Real Charlie” or “The Hamlet-Like Nature of Charlie Chaplin”―make abundantly clear.

His first sound feature, The Great Dictator, is a direct condemnation of Hitler. His later films such as Monsieur Verdoux and Limelight obliquely criticize American policy and consequently generated mixed reactions from critics and little response from moviegoers. During this late period of his filmmaking, Chaplin granted interviews less often. The three later interviews included here are thus extremely valuable, offering long, contemplative analyses of the man's life and work.

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    Conversations with Filmmakers Series
  2. Print length
    150 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    University Press of Mississippi
  5. Publication date
    January 13, 2005
  6. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1578067022
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1578067022
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A collection of interviews that offers a complex portrait of perhaps the world?s greatest cinematic comedian and a man who is considered to be one of the most influential screen artists in movie history

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-- Features interviews with one of the most beloved movie icons of all-time, director of such masterpieces as "City Lights", "The Great Dictator", "Modern Times", "The Kid", and "The Gold Rush"

-- Arranges interviews and profiles from the beginning of Charlie Chaplin's career in the 1910s to the twilight of his career in the late 1960s

-- Covers Chaplin's initial start as a maker of two-reel silent shorts and his gradual progression to full-length pictures featuring sound

-- Adds one of the great classic directors to the Conversations with Filmmakers Series

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University Press of Mississippi; First Trade Paperback edition (January 13, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 150 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1578067022
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1578067022
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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Marilyn M
5.0 out of 5 stars From the mouth of Charlie Chaplin
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2013
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This is one great book. Interviews with Chaplin throughout his career. The forward talks about the reporters who do the interviews and how they were able to get Mr. Chaplin to open up about his art. It is so fascinating to hear how he felt and talked about all sorts of things concerning his profession. I haven't finished it yet because I am trying to savor this book, as if it were one grand gourmet meal! If you are a Chaplin fan, you will devour this book. Enjoy!
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William Penname
5.0 out of 5 stars As a life-long Chaplin fan, this book added for ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2014
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As a life-long Chaplin fan, this book added for me a lot more insight into his already well-documented life.
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Ron
5.0 out of 5 stars Man behind the icon
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2013
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Liked this more than I thought I would. Gives a fun glimpse into the highly flawed person behind the recognizable icon.
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Melinda Hope
3.0 out of 5 stars Academic read- boring.
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020
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Kind of boring-academic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Looks great - as advertised. Thank you!
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Snorre Smári Mathiesen
4.0 out of 5 stars A long-awaited sampling ... proves that even Hollywood-stars give insightful interviews at times
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2007
Once you're through reading Chaplin's own memoirs and David Robinson's CHAPLIN: HIS LIFE AND ART, one may get the impression that's everything a Chaplin-fan needs to know about the comedian. But essential though these two books clearly are, there is lots of other interesting literature on Chaplin available as well; and CHARLIE CHAPLIN: INTERVIEWS certainly fits into that category. Kevin J. Hayes has done a superb job collecting into book-form some of the more interesting interviews Chaplin did during his long career, beginning with "The Funniest Man on the Screen" by Victor Eubank (published 1915), in which Chaplin, who at that time had just signed his Essanay-contract, expresses intelligent and well-articulated thoughts about the art of comedy. There are twenty-four interviews in all, other titles included are:

"Beneath the Mask: Witty, Wistful, Serious Is The Real Charlie Chaplin" (Grace Kingsley, 1916)
"Charlie Chaplin, Philosopher, Has Serious Side" (Frank Veeland, 1921)
"Shy Charlie Chaplin Opens His Heart" (Mordaunt Hall, 1925)
"Future of the Cinema: Mr. Charles Chaplin" (Robert Nichols, 1925)
"Chaplin Explains Chaplin" (Harry Carr, 1925)
"Chaplin Draws a Keen Weapon" (Robert van Gelder, 1940)
"Charlie Chaplin's MONSIEUR VERDOUX Press Conference" (George Wallach, 1947)
"Ageless Master's Anatomy of Comedy: Chaplin, An Interview" (Richard Meryman, 1967)
...and several others.

The last interview from 1967, which reads more like an essay than an interview, stands as a particularly interesting comparison to the first interview from 1915; Chaplin appears no less alert as an older, experienced film-maker than he did half a century earlier. Granted, some of the articles carry a certain "fan magazine feel," but on the whole most of them appear more modern in style and content than one might expect. The journalistic prose from the 10s and 20s sounds a bit dated now and then, but not overwhelmingly so. The one part of the book which I could gladly have been without for the sake of reading pleasure, is the MONSIEUR VERDOUX press conference (1947); taking place during a stressful time in Chaplin's life, it mostly includes attacks on Chaplin's politics from the reporters. However, as an historical document, the press conference is of interest, of course.

The book includes no illustrations apart from the book cover, but would in any case have felt a bit unnecessary in a book of this kind. CHARLIE CHAPLIN: INTERVIEWS is a book which any fan of the great comedian should read. I'll be sure to get the similar Buster Keaton-book one of these days.
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fab,juaan
5.0 out of 5 stars Chaplins own words
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2019
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One of the best books on Chaplin
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Janou
5.0 out of 5 stars lesenswert
Reviewed in Germany on October 9, 2015
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Ein interessantes Buch über einen äußerst interessanten, talentierten und klugen Menschen. Schon zu Chaplins Lebzeiten hat die Kritik seine letzten Filme als "old-fashioned" verrissen, aber er hatte ganz einfach seinen eigenen Stil, die "nachdenkliche Komik". Und genau diese Art Komik vermisse ich heute in Filmen. Seine in dem Buch aufgeführten Selbsteinschätzungen unterstreichen dies noch.
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Carole
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2017
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Amazing book for the Charlie Chaplin's fans! :-) Just loved it!
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