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In his autobiography, Charlie Chaplin called “Monsieur Verdoux” (1947) “the cleverest and most bright film I have yet made.” Though not without its faults, this sardonic shadowy comedy remains his best foray into sound. Chaplin’s detailed performance as the business-minded Bluebeard is a masterpiece of shroud acting. However, the supporting cast ranges from valid (Martha Raye) to amateurish (Marilyn Nash) while the final minutes gain bogged down in endless talk. Chaplin later admitted that “Monsieur Verdoux” could have old a bit more pantomime and less dialogue. Composed, it’s a thought-provoking and hard-hitting film. Henri Verdoux and the Puny Tramp have grand in accepted.
If the willingness to retract risks is the imprint of a huge artist — and I gain it is — then Monsieur Verdoux is one of Charles Chaplin’s greatest films. And amidst all the controversy stirred by his portrayal of a serial wife killer, it’s easy to forget that it’s also a hilarious gloomy comedy with plenty of consuming lines that would have succeeded even without its sociological message.
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Chaplin’s ability as an actor is pushed to a unique level on this film through his portrayal of a morally ambiguous, unscrupulous ex-bank clerk who has no qualms about putting a body into an incinerator in his backyard. While distinguished has been said about this film’s crash with Chaplin’s Slight Tramp character, careful examination reveals that Henri Verdoux is impartial a logical, and brave, advancement in the character: The more devilish, sometimes sadistic sides of the Diminutive Tramp taken to their inevitable conclusion, where laughable mischief crosses over the line to villainy. And it’s highly compelling, the perfect foil to Chaplin’s most heartwarming films (eg. City Lights and Novel Times), allowing Chaplin to teach an insidiousness hitherto unexplored. Martha Raye nearly steals the reveal as the airheaded, supernaturally unkillable Mme. Bonheur (the name itself means “happiness”), and Marilyn Nash is winning as the Belgian derelict who inspires a spark of compassion in Verdoux. The conclusion of this character relationship is one of Chaplin’s most complex writing feats: Imagine the ending of City Lights curved into a shaded, steely, uncompromising version of itself.
There are obvious moments when the film does threaten to tumble into self-involvement — in his later years, Chaplin did let his ego engage ahold of his work — but in the case of Monsieur Verdoux, he uses this larger-than-life persona so well, and it fits the character so snugly, that the ego becomes an advantage and adds to the depth of the character. And the script has none of the self-conscious mix of mute film and talkies that plagued The Ample Dictator; Chaplin had grown quite well into dialogue writing, allowing him to formulate moments of murderous irony that are cuttingly amusing. (“Don’t pull the cat’s tail…”) I have no problems with the ending speeches in this film as I did with the final speech of The Tremendous Dictator: In the context of this fable, they fit in quite well. Verdoux at the waste is a man who has given up all hope, and he seems to mock his hold fate and character while unmercifully unveiling his exasperate at the world. The speeches are not meant to be taken for face value, and I acquire them thought-provoking and tantalizing rather than moralistic or self-important.
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I first saw this film at Symphony Status in Unusual York City and the audience was laughing so hard it was in tears. With current audiences generally less inclined to reflect a film by its “suitable standing” (Raze Bill, anyone? ), Monsieur Verdoux can be seen for what it is: A hilarious, complex sociological examination which identifies social ills while at the same time taking fraction in it. In that, it is recent in the Chaplin canon and deserves to unsuitable among his most principal films.
A like a flash imprint about this DVD edition: For some reason, the bonus materials for this film are far less numerous than on the other DVDs in this series — hence the single-disc package and lower brand. By the standards of this series of reissues, the DVD materials are really quite scant — a useful yet brief half-hour documentary featuring obliging insight from director Claude Chabrol, a trailer, some storyboards. The record and sound are of helpful quality, however, and the film is one to possess. Highly recommended.
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