tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14646103.post1573643265974846096..comments2024-03-27T05:43:51.239-07:00Comments on The Invisible Ink Blog: A Genius -- Part 1Brian McDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14725832940943503641noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14646103.post-65369950637202903702007-05-22T16:11:00.000-07:002007-05-22T16:11:00.000-07:00Brian, thanks to this post I just rented and watch...Brian, thanks to this post I just rented and watched THE KID. It was very enjoyable. It has a touching story at its core, and maybe less of the broad physical humour than in the shorts (by the way, the one I mentioned above is called THE CURE and was one of his MUTUAL shorts) but it was very entertaining. And the picture quality on the DVD was really superb. I guess it may have been restored?James Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283687555480506116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14646103.post-36250783065044123022007-05-20T18:40:00.000-07:002007-05-20T18:40:00.000-07:00I’m not sure what that is about sentimentality Fra...I’m not sure what that is about sentimentality Frank Capra mentioned in an interview that he always had problems with intellectuals because they feel it is vobten. I’m not sure why that is. I think it rings false to some people. These are people that see the world as bad and ignore the good. But neither Chaplin nor Capra ignored the bad in favor of the good. With both of them their films Brian McDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14725832940943503641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14646103.post-54384595153428568302007-05-19T17:44:00.000-07:002007-05-19T17:44:00.000-07:00Brian, I think perhaps another thing that works ag...Brian, I think perhaps another thing that works against Chaplin being thought of more highly today, is the use of sentiment in his work that you pointed to. Among certain people, and that would include those who decide which artists get cannonised, "sentimentality" is a dirty word. I am not sure myself why that is so...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, another syndrome that often happens, is the formerly James Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283687555480506116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14646103.post-79638105809267385422007-05-19T17:43:00.000-07:002007-05-19T17:43:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.James Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283687555480506116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14646103.post-1571587838582311392007-05-19T13:11:00.000-07:002007-05-19T13:11:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comments, Jamie. It’s funny that i...Thanks for the comments, Jamie. <BR/><BR/>It’s funny that it is a common concept that great artists can go unappreciated in their own time only to be praised as a genius by future generations, but the opposite can also be true. A great artist can be praised in their own time only to go under appreciated in the future.Brian McDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14725832940943503641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14646103.post-80592409382818825832007-05-19T00:21:00.000-07:002007-05-19T00:21:00.000-07:00Thanks for this post, Brian.I had recently seen so...Thanks for this post, Brian.<BR/><BR/>I had recently seen some KEATON films and it was in my mind to look at some more Chaplin. I am relatively familiar with his shorts (which are brilliant) but less so with the long form stuff, whereas I have seen a lot of Keaton's longer pics.<BR/><BR/>Chaplin and Keaton seem fated to always be mentioned in the same breath. (Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly get the James Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283687555480506116noreply@blogger.com