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Charlie Chaplin: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
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Charlie Chaplin: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) Soft cover - 2005

by Hayes, Kevin J

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University Press of Mississippi, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.
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  • Title Charlie Chaplin: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
  • Author Hayes, Kevin J
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 150
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Mississippi
  • Date 2005
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 081908
  • ISBN 9781578067022 / 1578067022
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.94 x 6.04 x 0.62 in (22.71 x 15.34 x 1.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion picture actors and actresses - United, Chaplin, Charlie
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004007173
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the publisher

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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  • Publishers Weekly, 01/03/2005, Page 47

About the author

Kevin J. Hayes is professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma. His previous books include Poe and the Printed Word, Folklore and Book Culture, and An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887, among others. He has been published in Film Criticism, Literature/Film Quarterly, Cinema Journal, and other periodicals.

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