City lights
DVD - 2013
The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
Comedy films
Silent films
Romantic comedy films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection
c2013.
- Language
- No linguistic content
English - Corporate Author
- Corporate Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- DVD special edition ; full screen
- Item Description
- "A comedy romance in pantomime"--Title frames.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
Special features: Commentary (by Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance); Chaplin today: "City lights" (a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman animations cofounder Peter Lord); Chaplin Studios: creative freedom by design (a new interview program featuring visual effets expert Craig Barron); From the set of City lights: The tramp meets the flower girl, Stick stuck in the grate, Window-shopping rehearsal, The duke (archival footage from the production of City lights, including film from the set, with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran; a costume test; a rehearsal; and a complete scene not used in the film); Chaplin the boxer: The champion (excerpt from Chaplin's short film The champion (1915)), Boxing stars visit the studio (footage of the director with boxing stars at Chaplin Studios in 1918); Trailers. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (86 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD: NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.19:1) presentation, Dolby Digital.
- Production Credits
- Photography, Rollie Totheroh ; settings, Charles D. Hall ; music, Charles Chaplin ; musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; "La Violetera" by Jose Padilla ; editors, Charles Chaplin, Willard Nico.
- ISBN
- 9781604657852
Contents unavailable.
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