Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Distributor: Piece of Magic Entertainment and mk2 Films.
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” — Charlie Chaplin
Considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. Chaplin rose to fame in the silent film era.
Filmmaker, comic actor and composer, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his beloved screen persona, The Tramp. In a cinematographic career spanning more than 50 years from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, encompassed both adulation and controversy.
Chaplin’s first full-length film and one of his highest-grossing cinematic masterpieces, The Kid (1921), celebrates its centenary this year, one of the cinema’s first features to reach 100. To celebrate this milestone, The Kid, newly restored in stunning 4K, are back on the big screen for Australian audiences from this month.
The international theatrical distribution company Piece of Magic Entertainment, and mk2 Films, one of France’s biggest independent film companies, have forged a partnership to release a collection of 10 iconic Chaplin films in cinemas worldwide.
Season One will present five Chaplin films from the silent films era: The Kid (1921), A Woman of Paris (1923), The Circus (1928), City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936).
Season Two will see five Chaplin films from the talking pictures era: The Great Dictator (1940), The Gold Rush (1942), Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952) and A King in New York (1957).
Season One will launch with The Kid, then follow with the other four films, in chronological order, one each month. Season Two will launch with The Great Dictator in early 2022, then follow with the other four films, in chronological order, one each month.
All the Charlie Chaplin classics will be screened in one place over 10 months at Dendy Cinemas, which start screening in Canberra from 12 August 2021.
