I have said it before: The people who made films "in the old days" were better at their craft than those who make them now. I have urged people to seek out old interviews with these storytellers to see just how much they had to say about their craft. If you do this, you will see farther because you will be standing in the shoulders of giants. Now here is one of those giants: Charlie Chaplin. If
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
A Genius -- Part 1
Posted on 4:24 PM by christofer D
"I like Keaton's [films]. But Chaplin is the best of 'em all." -- Howard HawksCharlie Chaplin was a genius. I know, I'm not the first one to say this, but people tend to take him for granted. We think of his little tramp character as too cutsie -- we are too sophisticated nowadays to laugh at something so corny. He doesn't look funny to us with his Hitler mustache, bowler hat and baggy pants. But
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
FLIP-FLOPS
Posted on 4:45 PM by christofer D
When I say flip-flops I don’t mean shoes. Flip-flops is the name that I give characters who are opposites, but exchange character traits.Oscar and Felix of Neil Simon’s play The Odd Couple, are probably the most famous flip-flops. One is clean and prissy while the other is sloppy and gruff. Their marriages have broken up and they are thrown together as roommates. They are extreme opposites,
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