Charles Chaplin was a very famous British actor and director during the Silent period cinema, who was determined to continue doing silent movies even when the talkies had started to be important. This movie, in a way, has made me remember this man's career not only because it is a biography of Chaplin but also because of the introduction of some of the movies he made, which were of course silent - most of them- , which gives a really interesting contrast to the film. On the one hand, the film itself is a modern film more or less contemporary which was made according to the style of modern cinema. However, as I have already said, some clips of Charles Chaplin's movies are included so there is a melting between both styles of performance. This enriches the movie and allows the spectator to do a kind of comparison between the two ways of acting.
As the movie is a documentary, it has not provoked too many feelings as other films may have done, but it is very interesting regarding the comparison and contrast that I mentioned above. Also, it gives some details about the life of Chaplin and what I would like to remark concerning this, is how he fought to do silent movies, how he fought for what he believed although the rest of people were against. I think, and probably all of you too, that this is admirable because he did exactly what he wanted, although that decreased his income and his popularity.
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