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| ACTORS: | Claire Bloom |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1952 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Image Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | G (General Audience) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Actor's Life, All Washed Up, B&W, Bittersweet, Comedies, Comedy Drama, Down on Their Luck, Drama, Elegiac, English, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Heartwarming, High Artistic Quality, High Production Values, Melodrama, Movie, Nostalgic, Redemption |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 014381918526 |
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Customer Reviews of Limelight
Limelight Famous for the only on-screen pairing of Chaplin and Keaton, the all-time masters of physical comedy, Chaplin's self-directed, self-scored, and evidently semi-autobiographical "Limelight" is a bittersweet comedy. The ravishing Bloom is spirited playing opposite the maudlin, melancholy Chaplin, and Keaton certainly holds his own with his idol in that memorable final scene. Hilarious at times but also woebegone in its farewell tribute to a music-hall tradition the director no doubt misses, "Limelight" is the furthest thing from a clown show.
truth at the heart of humor
Charlie Chaplin's movies from very early on were not only funny, but always seemed to reveal some basic truths about humanity. Unlike most of his works, which were comedies with a little pathos, Limelight is pathos with a little comedy. Yes, Chaplin can still make you laugh, but in Limelight he will make you cry, he will make you think, he will make you understand the truths about life and love. The dialogue in this movie is not only filled with great, insightful lines, but has a distinct and mesmerizing rhythym. And the musical score has one of the most hauntingly beautiful melodies ever written. If you think that Limelight is nothing but sappy, overemotional melodrama, then either you haven't grown up or you're not paying attention to the important things in life.
The most underrated of Chaplin's work...
This is Chaplin's most underrated film, and one of his most moving and poignant. He plays the once great Calvero, a clown who has seen better days and is now a self pitying alcoholic. But then he meets an actress/dancer down on her luck (Claire Bloom), and his life begins to change around, slowly but surely. It climaxes in a great duet with Buster Keaton on stage. Chaplin only made 5 sound films (four of which he starred in), and I've always felt that ALL of them were vastly underrated (except his last one, A Countess from Hong Kong, which is really awful). The critics and some fans always think of the tramp with him, and dismiss these great works as an afterthought (this film and Msr. Verdoux are my favorites). Chaplin was a great actor, and he had a magnificent speaking voice. Unlike a lot of silent stars who faded into obscurity, Chaplin made a late, but still, smooth transition (unlike his rival, Buster Keaton, who spent years in the wilderness of Hollywood with drug/drinking problems) to sound. This film is almost like a nostalgic walk down memory lane for Chaplin, who started out in the dance halls depicted in this film. Sadly, the film was not very popular in the US, mainly because the public thought Chaplin was a Communist (an idiotic assumption). This is a wonderful, beguiling film, and it should be better known.