City lights / Janus Films ; mk2 diffusion ; written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; assistant directors, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin ; [produced by Charles Chaplin].

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Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
No linguistic content
Εdition
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Published/​Created
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Description
2 videodiscs (86 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)

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    Subject(s)
    Film distributor
    Production company
    Screenwriter
    Film director
    Film producer
    Actor
    Composer (expression)
    Film editor
    Director of photography
    Set decorator
    Arranger of music
    Musical director
    Composer (expression
    Commentator
    Interviewee (expression
    Writer of added text
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Series
    Criterion collection ; 680. [More in this series]
    Medium/​Support
    • DVD DVD video 4 3/4 in.
    • Blu-ray Blu-ray 4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    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.
    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 ; 27 min.); 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.
    Creation/​Production credits
    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].
    System details
    • Blu-ray: NTSC, region A, widescreen, mono.; requires a Blu-ray player.
    • DVD: NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.19:1) presentation, mono.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Allan Garcia, Hank Mann.
    Contents
    • Disc 1. Blu-ray
    • Disc 2. DVD.
    ISBN
    • 9781604657852
    • 1604657855
    Publisher no.
    • CC2316BDDVD
    • CC2316BDDVD-1
    • CC2316BDDVD-2
    OCLC
    862239325
    Universal Product Code
    • 715515111119
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