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Post by The Symbolic Sacrifice on Apr 28, 2004 23:31:17 GMT -5
Good luck with ebay CC Good luck with summer teaching job HF I still haven't finished watching it yet, but I shall. He has white hair and no moustache I just had my jaw on my chest for the 10 mins or so, he looks so different and with the talking and all, it was just not what I was expecting. Anyway here is the list of DVDs I've got. Buster Keaton Vol 2. It has on it Steamboat Bill Jnr Convict 13 Daydreams Charlie Chaplin Vol 3 It has on it The Good For Nothing Charlie's Recreation Work The Tramp By The Sea Modern Times 2 disc set Limelight 2 disc set OK heres part 2 I finished watching the entire movie, I just don't know what to write, it was amazing, the best, brilliant, funny, the man is a genius. The ending was sad I'm glad they didn't show Terri's face after it happened otherwise I would have been blubbering. That piano scene has got to be the funniest in movie history, I was nearly peeing my pants, the tears were rolling down my cheeks and the whole neighbourhood heard me laughing, I couldn't stop. Buster was fantastic, my goodness he was so old as well. The piano music kept falling to his lap. And while Charlie was waiting for him to begin he did the short and long leg thing. Then the violin strings snapping. Then the piano strings snapping. Then the violin shoe Then what really set me off was Charlie pulled a new violin from his back pocket and I thought 'Oh look he's got a magic back pocket like Psnoos' Then the piano stool Then the drum Most comedy usually has a line or a scene where you get a laugh and thats it until the next one 10 -15 mins later, this was full on rolling on floor laughter piled on top of one another until you're begging it to stop. I love it to death, and that scene is priceless. I am so glad I brought it. There were two really memorable quotes from it that I also fell in love with. "Time is a great author, always writes the perfect ending." "I am an old weed, the more I'm cut down the more I spring up again." DVD extras tomorrow. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Apr 29, 2004 21:54:03 GMT -5
Eeeeeeee! That sounds so good! It may be awhile before I get to see it though... the bids keep coming on those auctions. *sigh* Anyway... He was a genius. No doubt. I only saw a little bit of that scene... about this much... Then the violin strings snapping. Then the piano strings snapping. Then the violin shoe Then what really set me off was Charlie pulled a new violin from his back pocket and I thought 'Oh look he's got a magic back pocket like Psnoos' So funny! Yes, the magic pocket!!! ;D ;D ;D Yeah, I know what you mean about how he looks in that one. Modern Times was supposedly the last film which featured the little tramp... although I think that his character in The Great Dictator looks a lot like him. But after that, he's gone. So anything after 1940, he looks different. But there's really not all that many... Monsieur Verdoux, Limelight, A King in New York, and A Countess From Hong Kong (But I'm not sure he's even in that one... I've heard that Marlon Brando is.) *sniff* I have to return Modern Times tomorrow. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT BACK!!! I might get to go to the library tomorrow and hopefully they'll have something. *crosses fingers* There are two packages for me in my apartment's office. I'm expecting three, so I'm not sure which they have there. I'm expecting a poster, that tin sign, and a package from SS (But I'll it's not that one just yet.), but it looks as though I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what I got! *bounces* ;D ;D ;D _________________________________________ Smile, when your heat is aching. Smile, even though it's breaking. When there's a cloud in the sky, You'll get by. If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile, and maybe tomorrow, The sun will come shinging through For you.
Light up your face with gladness. Hide every trace of sadness, Although a tear May be ever so near. That's the time you must keep on trying. Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll see that life is still worthwhile, If you'll just only smile.~Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Modern Times (1936)
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Apr 30, 2004 20:29:37 GMT -5
CC's Requesite (sp?) Post of the Day!I feel incomplete unless I've said something in here at least once today. How I can tell that I'm cuckoo for Charlie... (this outta be fun) ~ I'm still writing out the music from those movies. ~ I hum, whistle, or sing one of those songs constantly... even at work. ~ I've been reading his biography... in the car... while driving. ~ I said goodbye to him when I returned 'Modern Times' today. *sniff* ~ I drew a picture of him... and carry it around in my pocket... along with the lyrics I wrote out from "Smile." ~ I've been watching eBay and Half.com like a hawk, scouring for memorabilia and DVDs. ~ I've bought a poster and a tin sign. ~ I've tried to do that feet-turned-out walk. (Ok, how did he run like that?) ~ I'm taking my 'The Kid' DVD with me when I babysit this weekend. (Well, it is for the whole weekend.) ~ I'm also taking the biography. ~ And the picture I drew. *dreamy sigh* I can't believe I just admitted all of that in one place. That's just not normal, is it?
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Post by The Symbolic Sacrifice on Apr 30, 2004 20:40:21 GMT -5
I can't believe I just admitted all of that in one place. That's just not normal, is it? Normal, compared to who CC??? You go girl !! How do you drive and read at the same time? Reminds me of a roadsign I saw when entering Queensland. "Don't sleep and drive"
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Apr 30, 2004 20:54:21 GMT -5
Just when I'm feeling like a psychotic freak, you make me feel so much better! ;D Lol... Yes, I read and drive, lol. I did it today in fact. ;D I drive the same route to and from work every day for years now, and well, I can almost do it blindfolded. I put the book in my lap and keep my finger where I am reading, so I can look up and down quickly. It's slow reading, but it's better than nothing. However, I will NOT recommend it to anyone. I can't believe I'm crazy enough to do it myself... but well, it's all Charlie's fault.
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Post by The High Flyer on Apr 30, 2004 20:56:07 GMT -5
Hehe, funny signs ^_^ Oh yea, CC, I shoulda told you sooner!! On Comedy Central, there doing this one hour feature of great comedians around the world, and this one guy was walking around austrailia, and there was a Chaplin immitator behind him, I was like *reminds me of CC* He really looked like Chaplin, er well Chaplins character, with the white face and moustache and everything
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Apr 30, 2004 21:05:26 GMT -5
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on May 1, 2004 19:36:39 GMT -5
Must post... must post...Today I find myself wondering if I were alive in the 20's and 30's... would I have fallen for Charlie? Yes. If I were an under-aged actress who had become the object of his affections... would I have married him? (Three of four of his wives were under 18 when they married him.) Well, that's just too hard to fathom really. I find him utterly fanscinating now... but would I have at the time? I mean, reading about things from a safe distance is one thing, but actually experiencing it is another. *sigh* It doesn't really matter anyway, does it? A kid's view on The KidI'm babysitting this weekend... well, until Tuesday night really... and today I got the little girl I watch (She's 10.) to watch The Kid with me. I took her to the library with me and as she looked at books, I was looking at videos. When we checked out, I had the only Chaplin video in the place (a VHS too, bleh. ). Well, she asked about it so I answered, and the conversation went similar to the one I posted from the kids at the daycare. Well, eventually later in the day, I convinced her to watch it with me. Unfortunately, the VCR was less than copperative, so I decided to pull out my DVD of the Kid. I just love that movie.... Anyway, heh. So, she watched it with me and to her surprise, and my expectations, she really liked it. She like most people, didn't think that a silent picture could be much good. But she got very into the story and kept asking what was going to happen. She laughed, and said 'Awww!' just like anyone would, now or then. It was so cool. The best part is that now I have someone who'll watch them with me! ;D Provided I can find anymore. Just proof that Charlie's films transcend time and appeal to everyone. It's a shame that he's all but forgotten in today's society. I should do something about that.
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Post by The High Flyer on May 1, 2004 21:18:01 GMT -5
I was so tempted to buy one of his collectors DVDs, there were hundreds at FYE...but it was between that or Lost in La Mancha... Tough choice, but ya know, Johnny won. I'm sure I would have thoroughly enjoyed some of Chaplins work, but I'm a bit glad I got Lost in La Mancha, I love that movie er documentary Anywhooo, I promise you, I SHALL GET ONE OF CHAPLINS DVDS!! I might be going to the library this week anyways ;D
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on May 2, 2004 9:56:10 GMT -5
*gasp* Did I do that? Well, I suppose I can't blame you for choosing Johnny first. Ye done what's right by ye. Must watch my video today... Last night, reading the biography, I read about two films I have yet to find, The Circus and City Lights. This of course means that I now want even more to find them. His method of filmaking was so unique! Really incredible... He built his own studio pretty early in his career. He worked at his own leisure since he had the studio at his personal disposal. He shoots could last well over a year, particularly if he had trouble with the ideas. He never wrote out scripts. The story existed in his head, and the details were worked out as he filmed. He was such a perfectionist that he would often take 20 or more takes of each scene. He typically filmed in story order. This meant that sets had to remain ready for long periods of time in case he needed to do another scene later or do reshoots, which he often did, never being satisfied. If he had no ideas for filming, production just stopped. Sometimes the studio would be inactive for over a month! He cut the films himself, which took an incredibly long time, considering the amount of film he had from so many takes. There's more... but I gotta go! Suffice it to say, that no one made films like him. That would have been so amazing to watch him work on the spot like that... *sigh*
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on May 2, 2004 19:11:01 GMT -5
*wails* WAAAAH! The video doesn't work!!! Despair and depression! *sniff* I want to watch them on DVD. VHS is so tempermental. *kicks videotape* *sigh* The DVD set I want to buy is The Chaplin Collection. It's in 2 volumes with each volume costing about $90 retail. I have found two set realllllly cheap on ebay... I just hope and pray that they stay that cheap until the auction closes. I want them SO BAD!! Quote from a movie, The Cat's Meow, about a boat party hosted by William Randolph Hearst and his mistress Marion Davies, of which Chaplin was a guest, and as part of the story, wrote a love letter to Marion. I love the way your lips roll over the word 'Charlie.' I thank God that the silliest of names is mine.That kills me.
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Post by The Symbolic Sacrifice on May 2, 2004 22:55:25 GMT -5
I watched disc 2 of Limelight and am so amazed by this man. He wrote an unpublished novel of this movie called Footlights 100,000 words which included not only the story in Limelight but an entire biography on Calvero and an entire biography on Terry. Most of his family acted in the movie, wife and kids, brothers and half brother. He won an Academy award for the score in 1972 for it, the original score is on the disc ;D and even entered US again to accept it, but they only allowed him back for that one time. The movie so reflected what he had gone through with his career, no-one could not be moved by this story.
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on May 3, 2004 8:25:08 GMT -5
*sigh* A lovely thing to read to start off my day. Off to work I go, humming the nonsense song from Modern Times (which I've already memeorized the first first three verses of), thinking about random bits of Charlie's life. What an incredible story it is!
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on May 5, 2004 19:06:06 GMT -5
Horror of horrors! *gasp*I didn't post in here yesterday! Today, I had to go to the library to re-check out my book. Chaplin: His Life and Art A very good biography, but a very big one, lol. Couldn't read the whole thing in two weeks! But now I have two more weeks to enjoy it. ;D It just so fascinating! Oh, I wish I could scan the pics in that book for you! Perhaps I will the next time I got to my parents... if I still have the book. So many good ones... and there's this one. Oh man, it kills me everytime I look at it. It was taken right after a fire destoyed his studio. He was in costume, and is just sitting looking so heart-broken at the mess all around him. It was right in the middle of a film shoot, and they had to re-build everything, and he just looks like he could cry. I want to just give a him a big hug!! *sniff* Maybe I can find it online somewhere... unlikely, but I'll try. Work is seriously interferring with my watching eBay. I missed out on some really good stuff because I couldn't be online when the auctions ended. *sigh* I must get those DVDs!!! And the newness is starting to wear off, I think. *gasp* Not good!
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Post by The Symbolic Sacrifice on May 5, 2004 19:48:24 GMT -5
You crack me up CC Now I'll have to go to the library and find this book that even gets you to read whilst driving. Chaplin: His Life and Art Its only a biography? any author name please?
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