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City lights

Blu-ray Disc

2016

Format:	Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	City lights (Motion picture)
Title:	City lights / Janus Films ; mk2 diffusion ; written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; assistant directors, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin ; [produced by Charles Chaplin].
Edition:	Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher, Date:	[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Description:	1 Blu-ray disc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm) 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file Blu-ray region A
Summary:	The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form.
Series:	The Criterion collection ; 680 Criterion collection ; 680.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Tramps -- Drama. Blind women -- Drama. Millionaires -- Drama. Blind women. Man-woman relationships. Millionaires. Tramps.
Genre:	Video recordings. Fiction films. Drama. Feature films. Romantic comedy films. Silent films. Video recordings. Feature films. Silent films. Romantic comedy films. Fiction films. Vidéos. Films muets. Comédies romantiques (Films) Films de fiction.
Other Author:	Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, screenwriter, film director, film producer, actor, composer (expression), editor of moving image work. Crocker, Harry, 1893-1958, film director. Bergman, Henry, 1870-1946, film director. Austin, Albert, film director. Cherrill, Virginia, 1908-1996, actor. Lee, Florence, 1888-1962, actor. Myers, Harry, 1886-1938, actor. Garcia, Allan, 1887-1938, actor. Mann, Hank, 1887-1971, actor. Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967, director of photography. Pollock, Gordon, 1897-1962, director of photography. Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970, set decorator. Johnston, Arthur, 1898-1954, arranger of music. Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, musical director. Padilla, José, 1889-1960, composer (expression) Nico, Willard, editor of moving image work. Vance, Jeffrey, 1970- commentator. Lord, Peter, 1953- interviewee (expression) Barron, Craig, interviewee (expression) Mehran, Hooman, commentator. Giddins, Gary, writer of added text. Janus Films, production company. MK2 Productions, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Notes:	"A comedy romance in pantomime"--Title frames. Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Special features: Commentary (by Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance); Chaplin today: "City lights" (a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman animations cofounder Peter Lord); Chaplin Studios: creative freedom by design (a new interview program featuring visual effects expert Craig Barron); From the set of City lights: The tramp meets the flower girl, Stick stuck in the grate, Window-shopping rehearsal, The duke (archival footage from the production of City lights, including film from the set, with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran; a costume test; a rehearsal; and a complete scene not used in the film); Chaplin the boxer: The champion (excerpt from Chaplin's short film The champion (1915)), Boxing stars visit the studio (footage of the director with boxing stars at Chaplin Studios in 1918); Trailers. Booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins and a 1966 interview with Chaplin. Photographers, Rollie Totheroh, Gordon Pollock ; settings, Charles D. Hall ; music composed by Charles Chaplin ; musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; "La Violetera" by Jose Padilla ; [editors, Charles Chaplin, Willard Nico]. Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Allan Garcia, Hank Mann. Blu-ray; region A, widescreen, Dolby Digital monaural; requires a Blu-ray player. Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
ISBN:	9781681431284 1681431289
Publisher or Distributor Number:	CC2601BD
Other Number:	946040185
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