Sunday, May 11, 2008
The Great Dictator
Charlie Chaplin plays both an Adolph Hitler-esque dictator and a Jewish barber who looks like the Adolph Hitler-esque dictator. Unless I've got my history wrong, I think this was progressive by 1940's Hollywood standards, especially in its condemnation of anti-Semitism and its ceaseless mocking of the German language. It has its moments, but I think I may be more of a Buster Keaton man.
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Check out Delillo's "Running Dog" - folks trying to find a film of Hitler pretending to be Charlie Chaplin.
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