Charlie chaplin movie biography of johnny depp

Time magazine's veteran film critic Richard Schickel has tackled Charlie Chaplin before, in a spirited essay collected in his 1989 book Schickel on Film.

Charlie chaplin movie biography of johnny depp

There he revealed himself to be that rarest of enthusiasts, an unabashed fan who can celebrate the object of his affection yet won't look away when his subject's hagiography deserves a poking. Schickel is also the writer-director-producer of documentaries on Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, Alfred Hitchcock, and other filmmaking A-listers.

In 2003 he crafted this affectionate, thoughtful documentary on Chaplin. And although he has softened his gruff-love a bit, that distinctive Schickel voice still comes through even as it's spoken by narrator Sydney Pollack.

There's only so much of Chaplin's often rocky territory one 132-minute film can cover, but Schickel's erudite script succeeds as a thorough and nuanced overview of Chaplin's career as a filmmaker and