ART Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 Absolutely amazing. I was completely overcome listening to the words made by Chaplin in the late 1930's. Few will realise that Charlie Chaplin gave the GREATEST SPEECH EVER MADE. A true vision of our lives, society, humanity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2WJd5bXFg&sns=tw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 And here was I thinking this would be about Martin Luther King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 I've heard this before, though it was dubbed over a video montage of images of war and suffering. It's as pertinent today as it was in the 1930s, if not more so. Does anybody know what film this is from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 I've heard this before, though it was dubbed over a video montage of images of war and suffering. It's as pertinent today as it was in the 1930s, if not more so. Does anybody know what film this is from? The great dictator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 For some reason it reminds me of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 For some reason it reminds me of this... Murdoch anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 A top bit of flanneling this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 I had never seen this before. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 The great dictator? Yes, The Great Dictator (1940) - Chaplin's first full 'talkie'. Here's another classic scene from that film: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 Murdoch anybody? Indeed. This film was made in 1976, and it is even more relevant today than it was then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 28 August, 2013 Share Posted 28 August, 2013 (edited) Never seen the Chaplin one. Very good. Edited 28 August, 2013 by View From The Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 29 August, 2013 Share Posted 29 August, 2013 Never knew he could talk. Never said a word in all his films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 29 August, 2013 Share Posted 29 August, 2013 Never knew he could talk. Never said a word in all his films. Also wrote a couple of famous songs. 'Smile' was a hit for Nat King Cole and 'This is my Song' by Petula Clark was #1 in the UK in 1967. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 30 August, 2013 Share Posted 30 August, 2013 Also wrote a couple of famous songs. 'Smile' was a hit for Nat King Cole and 'This is my Song' by Petula Clark was #1 in the UK in 1967. He was a very accomplished musician. When audio technology became available for films, he started composing synchronized soundtracks for all of his own features - beginning with City Lights in 1931. And in the late 50s he re-scored his own soundtracks for all of his early silent films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 30 August, 2013 Share Posted 30 August, 2013 FWIW, the first part of that speech is very moving, but when he really gets going it rapidly becomes OTT and repetitive, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 30 August, 2013 Share Posted 30 August, 2013 FWIW, the first part of that speech is very moving, but when he really gets going it rapidly becomes OTT and repetitive, imo. Ott and repetitive? Seeing as you're the master of those two qualities, I'll be sure to take your word of it! Or perhaps you are just trolling and looking for a reaction as usual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 31 August, 2013 Share Posted 31 August, 2013 Better than the end of Team America: World Police? Ho ho ho. I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolsi Posted 31 August, 2013 Share Posted 31 August, 2013 At the time I'm sure it was effective and certainly well intentioned. However it's Chaplin at his sentimental worst. For me, once he started talking and stopped being the little tramp, he lost his magic. His early shorts and his films up to City Lights are far better. Also it's hard to be moved by a speech by someone who, was a he alive today would probably be sharing a prison cell with Stuart Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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