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"Monsieur Verdoux:" genius, as only Chaplin can provide.

Posted by tinear (A) on February 6, 2009 at 15:18:15

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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