Morgane Jourdren, Chaplin’s America: Between Dream and Illusion
When I started reading Morgane Jourdren’s monograph Chaplin’s America: Between Dream and Illusion, I first had reservations regarding her approach about Chaplin’s oeuvre as she studied it from a literary perspective and not as a film historian and because we did not share the same reading of some f...
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2024
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | When I started reading Morgane Jourdren’s monograph Chaplin’s America: Between Dream and Illusion, I first had reservations regarding her approach about Chaplin’s oeuvre as she studied it from a literary perspective and not as a film historian and because we did not share the same reading of some films, in particular Monsieur Verdoux (1947) which I consider one of Chaplin’s masterpieces. I felt that Morgane Jourdren did not fully grasp the gloom and cynicism of Landru’s case for he was, to m... |
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