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Post by Mattsby on Jun 29, 2020 22:05:40 GMT
Shout out to Max Linder who inspired all of them, I've only seen one or two movies from Linder (who looks like Raul Julia meets Patrick Dewaere) but clearly he had skill but not the amount of work or regard as these three. I don't expect Lloyd to remotely contest here but figured why not add him, and here's a quote from Ebert:
Your fav? and, if you'd like, your favs from them?
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jun 29, 2020 23:13:27 GMT
Love all three, but my sensibilities most align with Chaplin. I love the balletic grace of his movement, balancing himself as well as he balanced humor and heart. His work under First National and United Artists (from 1918's A Dog's Life all the way to Limelight 34 years later) is damn near flawless.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2020 23:49:22 GMT
If we're not just basing this off performance, Chaplin was one of the 10 or so best filmmakers of all time, and in my eyes, likely the greatest of the silent era (or a very strong contender, at the least). Keaton's stuff does slap though.
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Post by countjohn on Jun 30, 2020 2:32:20 GMT
The Cameraman is my favorite movie between the two of them but Chaplin has the overall better filmography.
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Post by TerryMontana on Jun 30, 2020 5:55:53 GMT
Not familiar with Lloyd. The other two I love them both but Chaplin was a real genius.
As for movies, I prefer The General and The Great Dictator.
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Post by ibbi on Jun 30, 2020 8:53:56 GMT
Lloyd I love, but I don't think he is in the league of the other two. I mean he's not really even comparable to Chaplin, he's obviously very similar to Keaton, but I think a lesser version of him overall. I don't think his physical feats are as awe inspiring, or his setpieces as creative and mindblowing.
Between the other two it's also hard to compare, because they're so completely different. I think Chaplin is on another level as a storyteller and thinker in general, the length of his career, and the amount of amazing movies he made from his shorts all the way through into the sound era is crazy.
Yet Keaton is a ridiculously special filmmaker, whose best stuff still looks unbelievable and 'how the fuck did he do that?' to this day, and as a performer on screen between the stoneface persona and the physical abilities he is probably my favourite of the trio, even if he isn't quite the empathy earner Chaplin was at his best. You could maybe say he's more of a mind blower, a brain exploder, where Chaplin is the heart breaker.
Was there an answer in all that? No.
Maybe in the first 2:45 of this
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