19-Liking vs. Loving Movies
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We often indiscriminately claim to "love" a movie without stopping to think what that means. This episode looks at the difference between enjoying a film and being fundamentally moved by one.
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I respect and love Charlie Chaplin.
He had a huge impact on the lives of Americans during the World Wars and the hard times of the Depression and he made people laugh after a long time and changed the way they looked at the world despite his own troubles. And even though his films were in black and white, he put a lot of color into everyone's life.
A Charlie Chaplin film was a promise of happiness, of that precious, almost shocking moment when art delivers what life cannot, when experience and delight become synonymous.
He was the first, and to date the last, person to control every aspect of the filmmaking process and producing, casting, directing, writing, scoring and editing the movies he starred in. Chaplin more or less invented global recognizability and helped turn an industry into an art.
An internationalist by temperament and fame, he considered patriotism "the greatest insanity that the world has ever suffered."
The ravishing charm and brilliance of his films are inseparable from his convictions.
I was wondering why you left out Charlie Chaplin in your "Thinking about movies" podcast series?
"The kid" (1920), "City lights" (1931), "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) ...etc are some of his films that I like and love and seem to be eternal.
But the ones I love most are "Modern times" (1936) and "The great dictator" (1940). They are powerful political statements and still highly relevant to our times...
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chaplin9jul09,0,5822763.story?coll=la-home-headlines
I listen regularly to your podcasts and find them full of unconventional insights, candour and alternative viewpoints. Do continue with your fine podcasts. The number of listeners has no relevancy to the high quality of your work.
:-)
Mohan
He had a huge impact on the lives of Americans during the World Wars and the hard times of the Depression and he made people laugh after a long time and changed the way they looked at the world despite his own troubles. And even though his films were in black and white, he put a lot of color into everyone's life.
A Charlie Chaplin film was a promise of happiness, of that precious, almost shocking moment when art delivers what life cannot, when experience and delight become synonymous.
He was the first, and to date the last, person to control every aspect of the filmmaking process and producing, casting, directing, writing, scoring and editing the movies he starred in. Chaplin more or less invented global recognizability and helped turn an industry into an art.
An internationalist by temperament and fame, he considered patriotism "the greatest insanity that the world has ever suffered."
The ravishing charm and brilliance of his films are inseparable from his convictions.
I was wondering why you left out Charlie Chaplin in your "Thinking about movies" podcast series?
"The kid" (1920), "City lights" (1931), "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) ...etc are some of his films that I like and love and seem to be eternal.
But the ones I love most are "Modern times" (1936) and "The great dictator" (1940). They are powerful political statements and still highly relevant to our times...
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chaplin9jul09,0,5822763.story?coll=la-home-headlines
I listen regularly to your podcasts and find them full of unconventional insights, candour and alternative viewpoints. Do continue with your fine podcasts. The number of listeners has no relevancy to the high quality of your work.
:-)
Mohan
