From march 28th to mid April 2011, the Slovenian cinemathèque in Ljubljana is paying homage to Chaplin by showing a complete retrospective of his films
We don’t understand a word of their website, but we love their poster !
BBC Radio will broadcast two 30 minute programmes on the Chaplin home and archives in Switzerland, as explored by writer and critic Matthew Sweet. Episode one centres around interviews with Michael Chaplin at the Manoir de Ban, episode 2 around the archives in Montreux with Kate Guyonvarch
episode 1 Monday February 21st
episode 2 Monday February 28th 11 AM
An exclusive look into Charlie Chaplin’s life through his personal archives. Some of this material has never been revealed before so it’s a wonderful opportunity for the Radio 4 audience.
Our official distributors in the U.S, Criterion, have just released Modern Times in BluRay, with a beautiful and daring cover picture.
This clever review has got it all right. The real Time Traveller is not an old lady captured in “The Circus” footage, as you may have heard*, but the Little Tramp Himself.
75 years later this absolute masterpiece hasn’t a wrinkle. It is as Modern and Timeless as the very first day it was released
Fans and experts from all over the world congregated in sunny Zanesville for 3 days where speakers such as David Robinson (Chaplin’s Biography), Chuck Maland (Chaplin and the American Culture), David Shepard and many others regaled them with fascinating insights on Chaplin’s life and work.
Lisa Stein introduced new facts on Sydney Chaplin, from her biography to be published in November.
Alice Arzt and Bruce Lawton brought their Chaplin hat and cane. Great fun was had by all.
Many thanks to Lisa Stein and all at University Ohio Zanesville who helped make this such a successful event.
And Mount Everest because you now can send pictures of the view with your frozen 4G iPhone !
This means… if you feel a little lonely and bored up there on the very top of the world, you can now give a call to your great great grand mother back in 1928, who will remind you to put your scarf on because it’s very cold.
Oh and while you have her on the phone, tell her to travel ahead in 1931, at the City Lights Premiere. Because guess who she’ll meet then in the front row next to Charlie Chaplin ??!
Yes Einstein in person who’ll probably give her a few hints on time travelling…
Finally, before I forget, here’s a very rare footage of Charlie Chaplin caught on the Mount Everest.
If you look closely you’ll see he’s hiding his cellphone very well !
Do not watch more than 1 Chaplin Filsmz per day. The abuse of Chaplin Filsmz can fire up your imagination, and cause you to see time travellers in old footages.
Obviously this young man on youtube has seen a whole Boxset of Chaplin Filsmz. In conjonction with Jackie Chan it is known to be dangerous.