'Hugo' must have made an impression of me as I keep thinking of the pioneers of early film. This isn't an accidental face in the breakfast bowl. I fiddled around with the leftover bits of cereal flakes until I had something vaguely Chaplinesque there. I feel it looks a little like him doing his underdog tragic pose which was often the counterpoint, and the pathos to his slapstick adventures. It's hard to not love an underdog that still is able to make you laugh and smile despite it all, it's akin to listening to the blues for empathy. For me, that is Chaplin's enduring trademark and legacy, as iconic as his bow-legged walk and twirly stick.
Looking up Charlie Chaplin while doing this photo, I came across something that I never realised before, that he was English. I don't know why, but for some reason I've always had it in my head that he was Italian or American or both.
@shutterbugger I haven't. I have seen the 1992 biographical film with Robert Downey, Jr directed by Richard Attenborough. Does that count somewhat? I know it received a mixed reaction as far as a true account of Chaplin's life.
@sabresun see if you can get a book on him. I have one with amazing photos that I've read at least half a dozen times. I'm a sucker for him and olde England!
@pwallis It has a very European type of dark humour to it in places, a good message and a lot of creativity celebrating a former age. One that was considered lost. It opened my eyes to the work done by the early pioneers of film. I think you'd enjoy its (almost photographic) theme.
