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Lecture 4 (2007): Chaplin, Part II

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Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class.

This lecture continues discussion of Charlie Chaplin, comparing his films to those of Buster Keaton.

Outline:

  1. Keaton vs. Chaplin
  2. Three passages
    • Cops (1922)
    • The Gold Rush (1925)
    • City Lights (1931)
  3. Modern Times (1936
    • Context
    • A culminating film
    • The gamin
    • Sound
    • Structure
    • Chaplin's complexity

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