Chaplin, irreverent, exiled and reviled

Chaplin, irreverent, exiled and reviled

During his lifetime the English film maker experienced the strong arm of the law at a time when immigration laws in certain countries were increasingly restricting the movement of people around the world, a situation which contradicted the concept of freedom discussed in the last quarter of a century.   Photo: Darkmoon Art / Pixabay Javier Núñez   Sixty years ago in 1952, the British press published various events of a political, social and cult…

No matter how much technology has advanced in the past hundred years, it is still just as hair-raising to watch Buster Keaton climb onto a speeding train, Harold Lloyd cling to a clock hand in the air, or Charlie Chaplin rollerblading in blissful unconsciousness on the edge of a multi-story deep chasm. On the one hand, such iconic scenes praise the daring of the legendary creators of the silent film era, as it is well known that the stars of the…