DVD Talk review of 'Modern Times - Criterion Collection' (Blu-ray)
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DVD Talk review of 'Modern Times - Criterion Collection' (Blu-ray)
I read Jamie S. Rich's DVD review of Modern Times - Criterion Collection at http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=45441 and...I really must take issue with this bit:
"In addition to this piece of music, we also get two rare deleted scenes. One features the Tramp trying to jaywalk, the other is Chaplin's song for the movie, but featuring a verse that got cut from the final edit.
The final verse of the nonsense song was most certainly in the final edit, as originally released to theatres in 1936. This lovely bit, containing over a minute of some of Charlie's best business during the climax of one of his greatest films, was ineptly chainsawed out by Charlie himself for its re-release two decades later, and unfortunately it's this version that's considered "official" by the people calling the shots for the Chaplin estate. The scene is intact (and plays MUCH BETTER) in the old Image DVD which was taken from a master originally prepared for laserdisc by David Shepard from complete elements. I'd buy the Criterion Blu, but I'd never watch it, as I prefer my Chaplin classics complete.
"In addition to this piece of music, we also get two rare deleted scenes. One features the Tramp trying to jaywalk, the other is Chaplin's song for the movie, but featuring a verse that got cut from the final edit.
The final verse of the nonsense song was most certainly in the final edit, as originally released to theatres in 1936. This lovely bit, containing over a minute of some of Charlie's best business during the climax of one of his greatest films, was ineptly chainsawed out by Charlie himself for its re-release two decades later, and unfortunately it's this version that's considered "official" by the people calling the shots for the Chaplin estate. The scene is intact (and plays MUCH BETTER) in the old Image DVD which was taken from a master originally prepared for laserdisc by David Shepard from complete elements. I'd buy the Criterion Blu, but I'd never watch it, as I prefer my Chaplin classics complete.




