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A bank clerk, after 30 years of loyal work, is fired during the Depression. He has a disabled wife and child and his solution is.... to marry wealthy women, murder them, and liquidate their assets. Orson Welles came up with the idea for this most fascinating film and collaborated, somewhat, on the script with Chaplin.
Of course, being a Chaplin film, it isn't just about a Bluebeard but also about the societal conditions that led him to this life and the difference between sanctioned military murder contrasted to civilian crime.
Republican witch-hunters during the HUAC/McCarthy hearings went after Chaplin and this film specifically. It was successful in Europe but disappeared here very quickly.
It is well worth your time; it's a brutal, scathing assault that has a very dark sense of humor.
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A brilliant work in every respect and maybe his most approachable film for modern audiences. Every film student should be required to study Chaplin's films, and those of Buster Keaton, before they are allowed near a camera. These guys were master storytellers. There were many brilliant film makers and actors during the silent era who have yet to be surpassed and Chaplin sits at the apex of that group.
Martha Raye is wonderful as one of Verdoux's wives - the uncouth American.
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Chaplin wasn't the only great genius of the silent era and I don't believe I ever said he was. He sits at the apex but with plenty company.
Oh well, never mind.
Never mind.
Sorry I brought it up.
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Maybe the only genius of the whole film industry.
Have you seen the film " Chaplin "?
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Quite good.
Have a look.
Thank God he's gotten himself straightened out. Such a talent.
Yes he was extraordinary good in that one.
A film I like to watch over and over.
I think he had a hard time re-inventing himself from his slapstick Tramp; a shame because he's clearly got the acting chops in this one ( + the Great Dictator )
GW
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