Legacy Charlie Chaplin

chaplin tramp in 1915, cinema s universal icon

in 1998, film critic andrew sarris called chaplin arguably single important artist produced cinema, extraordinary performer , still universal icon . described british film institute towering figure in world culture , , included in time magazine s list of 100 important people of 20th century laughter [he brought] millions , because more or less invented global recognizability , helped turn industry art .

the image of tramp has become part of cultural history; according simon louvish, character recognisable people have never seen chaplin film, , in places films never shown. critic leonard maltin has written of unique , indelible nature of tramp, , argued no other comedian matched worldwide impact . praising character, richard schickel suggests chaplin s films tramp contain eloquent, richly comedic expressions of human spirit in movie history. memorabilia connected character still fetches large sums in auctions: in 2006 bowler hat , bamboo cane part of tramp s costume bought $140,000 in los angeles auction.

as filmmaker, chaplin considered pioneer , 1 of influential figures of twentieth century. credited 1 of medium s first artists. film historian mark cousins has written chaplin changed not imagery of cinema, sociology , grammar , claims chaplin important development of comedy genre d.w. griffith drama. first popularise feature-length comedy , slow down pace of action, adding pathos , subtlety it. although work classified slapstick, chaplin s drama woman of paris (1923) major influence on ernst lubitsch s film marriage circle (1924) , played part in development of sophisticated comedy . according david robinson, chaplin s innovations rapidly assimilated become part of common practice of film craft. filmmakers cited chaplin influence include federico fellini (who called chaplin sort of adam, whom descended ), jacques tati ( without him never have made film ), rené clair ( inspired practically every filmmaker ), michael powell, billy wilder, vittorio de sica, , richard attenborough. russian filmmaker andrei tarkovsky praised chaplin person have gone down cinematic history without shadow of doubt. films left behind can never grow old.

chaplin influenced work of later comedians. marcel marceau said inspired become mime artist after watching chaplin, while actor raj kapoor based screen persona on tramp. mark cousins has detected chaplin s comedic style in french character monsieur hulot , italian character totò. in other fields, chaplin helped inspire cartoon characters felix cat , mickey mouse, , influence on dada art movement. 1 of founding members of united artists, chaplin had role in development of film industry. gerald mast has written although ua never became major company mgm or paramount pictures, idea directors produce own films years ahead of time .

in 21st century, several of chaplin s films still regarded classics , among greatest ever made. 2012 sight & sound poll, compiles top ten ballots film critics , directors determine each group s acclaimed films, saw city lights rank among critics top 50, modern times inside top 100, , great dictator , gold rush placed in top 250. top 100 films voted on directors included modern times @ number 22, city lights @ number 30, , gold rush @ number 91. every 1 of chaplin s features received vote. in 2007, american film institute named city lights 11th greatest american film of time, while gold rush , modern times again ranked in top 100. books chaplin continue published regularly, , popular subject media scholars , film archivists. many of chaplin s film have had dvd , blu-ray release.

commemoration , tributes

a room inside chaplin s world

chaplin s final home, manoir de ban in corsier-sur-vevey, switzerland, has been converted museum named chaplin s world . opened on 17 april 2016 after 15 years of development, , described reuters interactive museum showcasing life , works of charlie chaplin . on 128th anniversary of birth, record-setting 662 people dressed tramp in event organised museum. previously, museum of moving image in london held permanent display on chaplin, , hosted dedicated exhibition life , career in 1988. london film museum hosted exhibition called charlie chaplin – great londoner, 2010 until 2013.

in london, statue of chaplin tramp, sculpted john doubleday , unveiled in 1981, located in leicester square. city includes road named after him in central london, charlie chaplin walk , location of bfi imax. there 9 blue plaques memorialising chaplin in london, hampshire, , yorkshire. swiss town of vevey named park in honour in 1980 , erected statue there in 1982. in 2011, 2 large murals depicting chaplin on 2 14-storey buildings unveiled in vevey. chaplin has been honoured irish town of waterville, spent several summers family in 1960s. statue erected in 1998; since 2011, town has been host annual charlie chaplin comedy film festival, founded celebrate chaplin s legacy , showcase new comic talent.

in other tributes, minor planet, 3623 chaplin – discovered soviet astronomer lyudmila karachkina in 1981 – named after chaplin. throughout 1980s, tramp image used ibm advertise personal computers. chaplin s 100th birthday anniversary in 1989 marked several events around world, , on 15 april 2011, day before 122nd birthday, google celebrated him special google doodle video on global , other country-wide homepages. many countries, spanning 6 continents, have honoured chaplin postal stamp.

chaplin s legacy managed on behalf of children chaplin office, located in paris. office represents association chaplin, founded of children protect name, image , moral rights body of work, roy export sas, owns copyright of films made after 1918, , bubbles incorporated s.a., owns copyrights image , name. central archive held @ archives of montreux, switzerland , scanned versions of contents, including 83,630 images, 118 scripts, 976 manuscripts, 7,756 letters, , thousands of other documents, available research purposes @ chaplin research centre @ cineteca di bologna. photographic archive, includes approximately 10,000 photographs chaplin s life , career, kept @ musée de l elysée in lausanne, switzerland. british film institute has established charles chaplin research foundation, , first international charles chaplin conference held in london in july 2005.

statues of chaplin around world, located @ (left right) 1. trenčianske teplice, slovakia; 2. chełmża, poland; 3. waterville, ireland; 4. london, united kingdom; 5. hyderabad, india; 6. alassio, italy; 7. barcelona, spain; 8. vevey, switzerland



characterisations

chaplin subject of biographical film, chaplin (1992) directed richard attenborough, , starring robert downey jr. in title role. character in period drama film cat s meow (2001), played eddie izzard, , in made-for-television movie scarlett o hara war (1980), played clive revill. television series chaplin s childhood, young charlie chaplin, ran on pbs in 1989, , nominated emmy award outstanding children s program.

chaplin s life has been subject of several stage productions. 2 musicals, little tramp , chaplin, produced in 1990s. in 2006, thomas meehan , christopher curtis created musical, limelight: story of charlie chaplin, first performed @ la jolla playhouse in san diego in 2010. adapted broadway 2 years later, re-titled chaplin – musical. chaplin portrayed robert mcclure in both productions. in 2013, 2 plays chaplin premiered in finland: chaplin @ svenska teatern, , kulkuri (the tramp) @ tampere workers theatre.

chaplin has been characterised in literary fiction. protagonist of robert coover s short story charlie in house of rue (1980; reprinted in coover s 1987 collection night @ movies), , of glen david gold s sunnyside (2009), historical novel set in first world war period. day in chaplin s life in 1909 dramatised in chapter entitled modern times in alan moore s jerusalem (2016), novel set in author s home town of northampton, england.

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