Chaplin, Metastasis






Chaplin, Metastasis Editorial
Roundtable

The Double Life of Verdoux

The first in a series of different pieces on Chaplin, meant to mark a century of his first appearances in the cinema. A conversation about his masterpiece, Verdoux, with asides on the contributions to the film by its original author, Orson Welles; its connections to Chaplin’s filmography and the cloud of death that hangs over it.


/ S Ramani, A Malhotra
The Double Life of Verdoux
  • Essay
    Urban Comedy and Modernity
    Urban Comedy and Modernity Most attempts to analyse comedy turn on how it is consumed: the psychology of the audience, or what makes people laugh. But it should prove equally fruitful to examine the cast of mind of the author or actor.
    / Morris Dickstein
  • Essay
    A Film of a Free Man : Charlie Chaplin’s A King In New York
    A Film of a Free Man : Charlie Chaplin’s A King In New York “Roberto Rossellini called it a “film of a free man”. Chaplin’s penultimate feature is one of his most innovative films, revealing Chaplin to be fresh and inspired at the end of his career.
    / Sudarshan Ramani
  • Article
    Chaplin, Metastasis
    Chaplin, Metastasis A set of detections: writers talk of how Chaplin permeates, often in the most invisible ways, through the work of those that followed him - his spiritual successors.
    / Sudipto Basu, Anamaria Dobinciuc, Mehdi Jahan
  • Essay
    Chaplin changes, can you? – The Sabotage of Monsieur Verdoux
    Chaplin changes, can you? – The Sabotage of Monsieur Verdoux A look at how Monsieur Verdoux’ reception marked the end of his career in the American mainstream.
    / Tino Balio
  • Quotations
    Reverences
    Reverences A few of the greatest filmmakers of all time articulate their admiration for Chaplin.
    / Various
  • Notes
    Observations on Chaplin
    Observations on Chaplin A few observations about two early Chaplin films, as well as later classics, City Lights and The Kid.
    / Noel Vera, Ben Sachs and Anuj Malhotra