Few filmmakers, cinephiles, and film scholars doubt the significance of Charlie Chaplin’s landmark short The Immigrant, which in 30 minutes casts a wide net around the immigrant experience. The film is still relevant, and influential to this day with its roiling and boiling undercurrents of social commentary.
Chaplin, when shooting his short, stumbled his way into what became a story about an immigrant arriving on a boat from Europe in the hope of a more prosperous life. In their documentary, Unknown Chaplin, which chronicles Chaplin’s career and artistic attitude, film historians and documentarians Kevin Brownlow and David Gills say that the film was shot out of sequential order, with the first few scenes used in the latter half of the film.
The story behind the production of the film, on the part of Chaplin’s experiences, is also one of geekery and fascination. Back in the, you know, heady — wonderfully cigarette-burned-out — days of cinema,...
Chaplin, when shooting his short, stumbled his way into what became a story about an immigrant arriving on a boat from Europe in the hope of a more prosperous life. In their documentary, Unknown Chaplin, which chronicles Chaplin’s career and artistic attitude, film historians and documentarians Kevin Brownlow and David Gills say that the film was shot out of sequential order, with the first few scenes used in the latter half of the film.
The story behind the production of the film, on the part of Chaplin’s experiences, is also one of geekery and fascination. Back in the, you know, heady — wonderfully cigarette-burned-out — days of cinema,...
- 10/4/2015
- by Fiman Jafari
- SoundOnSight
Charlie Chaplin responded to the arrival of sound by keeping his tramp mute and creating a fabulous soundtrack. Composer Carl Davis on the challenge of reconstructing his original scores
The three giants of 20th-century art are, for me, Picasso, Stravinsky and Chaplin. All three produced a tremendous amount of work – original, controversial and rewarding. Chaplin was a film-maker in complete control of his art: conceiving, scripting, acting, directing, producing, editing and, strikingly, creating his own musical scores. His stimulus, as it is with all clowns, was the creation of a character – amusing, moving, the fate of whom constantly intrigues us. Whereas Buster Keaton was a frozen-faced stoic and Harold Lloyd had his empty-framed glasses, Chaplin had his "little tramp", the ups-and-downs (mostly downs) of whose existence shaped a story of human resilience. The tramp character, with his stubby moustache, bowler hat, oversized shoes and cane appeared on screen first in...
The three giants of 20th-century art are, for me, Picasso, Stravinsky and Chaplin. All three produced a tremendous amount of work – original, controversial and rewarding. Chaplin was a film-maker in complete control of his art: conceiving, scripting, acting, directing, producing, editing and, strikingly, creating his own musical scores. His stimulus, as it is with all clowns, was the creation of a character – amusing, moving, the fate of whom constantly intrigues us. Whereas Buster Keaton was a frozen-faced stoic and Harold Lloyd had his empty-framed glasses, Chaplin had his "little tramp", the ups-and-downs (mostly downs) of whose existence shaped a story of human resilience. The tramp character, with his stubby moustache, bowler hat, oversized shoes and cane appeared on screen first in...
- 1/1/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Francis Ford Coppola Oscar 2011: Jean-Luc Godard, Eli Wallach Honorary Oscar Recipients Kevin Brownlow (right), 72, is the most renowned silent-film historian and preservationist. Among his various restoration projects are Abel Gance’s epic Napoleon (1927), with Albert Dieudonné; Rex Ingram’s blockbuster The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry; and Raoul Walsh‘s fantasy The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks. Among the documentaries Brownlow co-directed with David Gill are Unknown Chaplin, Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow, Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius, D.W. Griffith: Father of Film, and the outstanding Hollywood. Brownlow also directed Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic and, with Christopher Bird, Garbo. Additionally, Brownlow has authored numerous film books, including The Parade’s Gone By; The War, the West, and the Wilderness; Hollywood: The Pioneers; Behind the Mask of Innocence; David Lean; and Mary Pickford Rediscovered. Well, Brownlow should feel right...
- 8/25/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
HollywoodNews.com: The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted last night to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-director Francis Ford Coppola and Honorary Awards to historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and actor Eli Wallach. All four awards will be presented at the Academy’s 2nd Annual Governors Awards dinner on Saturday, November 13, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center®.
“Each of these honorees has touched movie audiences worldwide and influenced the motion picture industry through their work,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “It will be an honor to celebrate their extraordinary achievements and contributions at the Governors Awards.”
Brownlow is widely regarded as the preeminent historian of the silent film era as well as a preservationist. Among his many silent film restoration projects are Abel Gance’s 1927 epic “Napoleon,” Rex Ingram’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...
“Each of these honorees has touched movie audiences worldwide and influenced the motion picture industry through their work,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “It will be an honor to celebrate their extraordinary achievements and contributions at the Governors Awards.”
Brownlow is widely regarded as the preeminent historian of the silent film era as well as a preservationist. Among his many silent film restoration projects are Abel Gance’s 1927 epic “Napoleon,” Rex Ingram’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...
- 8/25/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted last night to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-director Francis Ford Coppola and Honorary Awards to historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and actor Eli Wallach. All four awards will be presented at the Academy’s 2nd Annual Governors Awards dinner on Saturday, November 13, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center.
“Each of these honorees has touched movie audiences worldwide and influenced the motion picture industry through their work,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “It will be an honor to celebrate their extraordinary achievements and contributions at the Governors Awards.”
Brownlow is widely regarded as the preeminent historian of the silent film era as well as a preservationist. Among his many silent film restoration projects are Abel Gance’s 1927 epic “Napoleon,” Rex Ingram’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...
“Each of these honorees has touched movie audiences worldwide and influenced the motion picture industry through their work,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “It will be an honor to celebrate their extraordinary achievements and contributions at the Governors Awards.”
Brownlow is widely regarded as the preeminent historian of the silent film era as well as a preservationist. Among his many silent film restoration projects are Abel Gance’s 1927 epic “Napoleon,” Rex Ingram’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...
- 8/25/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Beverly Hills, CA – The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted last night to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-director Francis Ford Coppola and Honorary Awards to historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and actor Eli Wallach. All four awards will be presented at the Academy’s 2nd Annual Governors Awards dinner on Saturday, November 13, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center®. “Each of these honorees has touched movie audiences worldwide and influenced the motion picture industry through their work,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “It will be an honor to celebrate their extraordinary achievements and contributions at the Governors Awards.” Brownlow is widely regarded as the preeminent historian of the silent film era as well as a preservationist. Among his many silent film restoration projects are Abel Gance’s 1927 epic “Napoleon,” Rex Ingram’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...
- 8/25/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor Francis Ford Coppola, Eli Wallach, French director Jean-Luc Godard and preservationist Kevin Brownlow during its second annual Governors Awards in November.
Coppola, a five-time Oscar winner for "Patton" and his first two "Godfather" movies, will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, given to a producer for his or her body of work. Although best known as a writer and director, Coppola founded indie production company American Zoetrope in 1969; it has produced more than 30 films including "The Black Stallion," "The Outsiders," "Lost in Translation" and "The Good Shepherd."
Honorary Academy Awards will be presented to Wallach, Godard and Brownlow.
Wallach, 94, who recently appeared in "The Ghost Writer" and appears in the upcoming "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," never has been honored by the Academy -- in fact, he never has been nominated. But his resume includes such classics as "Baby Doll,...
Coppola, a five-time Oscar winner for "Patton" and his first two "Godfather" movies, will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, given to a producer for his or her body of work. Although best known as a writer and director, Coppola founded indie production company American Zoetrope in 1969; it has produced more than 30 films including "The Black Stallion," "The Outsiders," "Lost in Translation" and "The Good Shepherd."
Honorary Academy Awards will be presented to Wallach, Godard and Brownlow.
Wallach, 94, who recently appeared in "The Ghost Writer" and appears in the upcoming "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," never has been honored by the Academy -- in fact, he never has been nominated. But his resume includes such classics as "Baby Doll,...
- 8/25/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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