The Greatest Celluloid Speech of All Time?
“Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!”
Released thirteen years after the end of the silent era, The Great Dictator (1940) was Charles Chaplin‘s first all-talking, all-sound film. The genius auteur never spoke a word in his films and then, when he finally opens his lips we are blessed with a film climax which indulges us with one of the most inspiring speeches – at once absolutely naive and profoundly wise - in the history of film. Later, Chaplin said that had he known the true extent of Nazi atrocities, he “could not have made fun of their homicidal insanity”. What do you take away from it?
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Known for being silent on camera for much of his career... when he did talk - wow!
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