Monsieur Verdoux was a pretty kickass film, based on a story by Orson Welles. Below is a nice lil' trivia tidbit from imdb:Before production started, approval was refused by the MPPDA (now the MPAA) under the Production Code (Hays Code), labeling the scenario, still called "A Comedy Of Murders", in their words "unacceptable". They continued, "In his indictment of the 'system' and the 'social structure', the filmmaker offered a 'rationale' of Verdoux's crimes, in terms of their moral work." Worst of all the board also considered Verdoux's attitude toward god "blasphemous". In a letter of response, scene by scene, Charles Chaplin upheld his screenplay again the charge of subversion, but only giving in on details. For example, when one of Verdoux's wives invites him to "come to bed" the line had to be replaced with "get to bed". Chaplin had no trouble getting around such proscriptions, as he did with Verdoux's morning-after "humming" with briskly engaging music. The production board complied and gave this film a seal of approvalf**k the Hays and f**k the MPPDA!
The thing that pisses me off about Chaplin is that while he claimed to believe in communist ideals, when someone asked him "How can you be a communist? You're rich from your films." he said, affronted, "But I'm an Artist!" So he believed in the redistribution of other people's wealth, not his own.
manoftomorrowJun 9, 2008
Monsieur Verdoux was a pretty kickass film, based on a story by Orson Welles. Below is a nice lil' trivia tidbit from imdb:Before production started, approval was refused by the MPPDA (now the MPAA) under the Production Code (Hays Code), labeling the scenario, still called "A Comedy Of Murders", in their words "unacceptable". They continued, "In his indictment of the 'system' and the 'social structure', the filmmaker offered a 'rationale' of Verdoux's crimes, in terms of their moral work." Worst of all the board also considered Verdoux's attitude toward god "blasphemous". In a letter of response, scene by scene, Charles Chaplin upheld his screenplay again the charge of subversion, but only giving in on details. For example, when one of Verdoux's wives invites him to "come to bed" the line had to be replaced with "get to bed". Chaplin had no trouble getting around such proscriptions, as he did with Verdoux's morning-after "humming" with briskly engaging music. The production board complied and gave this film a seal of approvalf**k the Hays and f**k the MPPDA!
gordonjJun 9, 2008
Watch "The Great Dictator", and Chaplin's views on Hitler and the nazis will be quite evident.
skurjJun 9, 2008
satire is dangerous when people are too confused and/or stupid to understand it.
jazzmessJun 9, 2008
The thing that pisses me off about Chaplin is that while he claimed to believe in communist ideals, when someone asked him "How can you be a communist? You're rich from your films." he said, affronted, "But I'm an Artist!" So he believed in the redistribution of other people's wealth, not his own.
deadliftJun 11, 2008
Just because I dislike this my tastes are automatically that of trailer trash?You fail.
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