Charlie Chaplin
En biografi
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Publisher Description
Charlie Chaplin var filmlerretets aller første ikon og er i dag fremdeles - hundre år etter sin første film - et av de mest gjenkjennelige ansiktene Hollywood har gitt oss. Men hvem var mannen bak den lille barten? Regissøren bak kameraet og skuespilleren som ga ossLandstrykeren, Gullfeber, Moderne tider og Diktatoren?
I Peter Ackroyds biografi rettes søkelyset mot Chaplins liv såvel som hans filmkarriere - fra den beskjedne begynnelsen i music halls til mottakelsen av en æres-Oscar, fra de glamorøse årene da han personifiserte filmmediet til 1940-årenes skandaler, den politiske heksejakten i 1950-årene og den endelige eksiltilværelsen i Sveits. Ackroyds mesterlige biografi byr på nye avsløringer om mannen som i sin tid var klodens mest berømte person.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In his typically elegant and measured prose, prize-winning biographer Ackroyd (Shakespeare: The Biography) brilliantly brings Chaplin to life. Beginning with Chaplin's birth in a poor South London neighborhood, Ackroyd traces his career, from his earliest notices in a play called Jim in 1903, where he learned the value of comic timing, to his stint with the Karno Company, which brought him, along with Stan Laurel, to America in 1910. Chaplin went on to work with Mack Sennett in Keystone films, insisted on working as his own director, made classic films such as City Lights and Modern Times, got involved in politics, and relentlessly pursued women. Ackroyd masterfully paints the colorful backdrop of the youthful film industry, in which Chaplin made a name for himself as one of the first real celebrities of his time, instantly recognizable around the world for his comic performances. Chaplin the man emerges as a protean personality who, in the words of his son, was a "priceless entertainer, a moody dreamer, and the wild man of Borneo with his flashes of volcanic temper." Ackroyd's book introduces the Little Tramp in such a charming and candid fashion that it will drive movie buffs to watch Chaplin on screen once again.
