Looking for Charlie – The Documentary Premiere
Three years and three continents. That is what it took to make a feature-length documentary about the dark side of the silent era. But, on May 5th, in the UK’s City of Culture, our long-gestating labour of love finally received its world premiere to a packed-house. Looking for Charlie: Life and Death in the Silent Era ...
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The Great Dictator in the Age of Donald Trump | Charlie Chaplin Film Criticism
If you're struggling with events unfolding in the US (and our own poor record re: refugees) then I suggest you watch Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator' (1940) today. It's an easy defence to point to people in the past and simply say, 'well, everyone was a bit racist back then, we can't judge them on today's standards'. ...
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Looking for Charlie – A Documentary about Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and the Suicidal Clowns who inspired them | Stream Now
https://vimeo.com/570320293 Click the PLAY button to begin streaming Looking for Charlie now. Stream Now Looking for Charlie is a feature length documentary that explores the forgotten lives of a pair of suicidal clowns who inspired Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Production of this film has taken Brett and ...
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Over the Rainbow – Why Looking for Charlie is Black and White
When production started on Looking for Charlie back in March we (naively) devoted little thought to how the finished film might use colour. Of course we put a lot of effort into trying to capture images that were as vibrant and consistent as possible but big questions remained. Would the finished film ...
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Looking For Charlie – The Breakdown
Looking For Charlie - "The story of the suicidal clowns who inspired Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton" Concept We all know Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, and Harold Lloyd. Their films made them immortal. But what about the generation of comedians who inspired those silent-era luminaries? ...
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Thoughts On Honesty in Documentary Films
Documentary films can be many different things. On one end of the spectrum are dry, PBS-sytle educational films and biographies. Straight forward narratives which seek to define truth for the viewer, not challenge it. They inform but they rarely provoke. On the other end of the spectrum, documentary ...
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