goDel Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) This clip got me a bit sentimental. The ending speech from The Dictator meshed with Hans Zimmers (OST Inception). A real tearjerker for the megalomaniacs of this world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K75w6p7cKB8 Point being: never been to conscious of Charlies achievements. But that'll change soon. eddit: yeah reddit... Edited June 5, 2011 by goDel Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 one of the best speeches ive heard oddly enough. i like the version with M83..but this is good too. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide SR4's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uptown devil Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 quite good Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 It's a good speech and it doesn't need all that extra cheese. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Nice quote, may or may not be the right place to post this. Theodor W. Adorno about Chaplin: "Perhaps I may justify my speaking about [Chaplin] by recounting a certain privilege which I was granted, entirely without having earned it. He once imitated me, and surely I am one of the few intellectuals to whom this happened and to be able to account for it when it happened. Together with many others we were invited to a villa in Malibu, on the coast outside of Los Angeles. While Chaplin stood next to me, one of the guests was taking his leave early. Unlike Chaplin, I extended my hand to him a bit absent-mindedly, and, almost instantly, started violently back. The man was one of the lead actors from The Best Years of Our Lives, a film famous shortly after the war; he lost a hand during the war, and in its place bore practicable claws made of iron. When I shook his right hand and felt it return the pressure, I was extremely startled, but sensed immediately that I could not reveal my shock to the injured man at any price. In a split second I transformed my frightened expression into an obliging grimace that must have been far ghastlier. The actor had hardly moved away when Chaplin was already playing the scene back. All the laughter he brings about is so near to cruelty; solely in such proximity to cruelty does it find its legitimation and its element of the salvational. Let my remembrance of this event and my thanks be my congratulations to him on his 75th birthday." Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 On 6/5/2011 at 5:37 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said: one of the best speeches ive heard oddly enough. i like the version with M83..but this is good too. For a second I assumed you meant Ae's m62. That'd be more cheese than Squee could bare.. Amazing how the speech still resonates. The ease with which it reaches across decades and is still very much relevant. It's timeless, but in a somewhat cynical sense. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 lol, if adorno likes the guy, thats saying something. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide SR4's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) Charlie Chaplin is a total genius. I feel a lot of the younger generations need to pick up on what he was laying down. If you ever want a really good read, check out his autobiography. His perspective on the world is truly one of a kind. The guy was like Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, The Beatles, Barack Obama and Mickey Mouse all rolled into one. Edited June 5, 2011 by jefferoo Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide J3FF3R00's signature Hide all signatures 666 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 On 6/5/2011 at 6:49 PM, jefferoo said: The guy was like Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, The Beatles, Barack Obama and Mickey Mouse all rolled into one. You monster! Look what you made me do. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) Wait. Tom Cruise? Please don't tell me he was into scientology... LOL@pic Edited June 5, 2011 by goDel Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 On 6/5/2011 at 5:51 PM, dese manz hatin said: Nice quote, may or may not be the right place to post this. Theodor W. Adorno about Chaplin: "Perhaps I may justify my speaking about [Chaplin] by recounting a certain privilege which I was granted, entirely without having earned it. He once imitated me, and surely I am one of the few intellectuals to whom this happened and to be able to account for it when it happened. Together with many others we were invited to a villa in Malibu, on the coast outside of Los Angeles. While Chaplin stood next to me, one of the guests was taking his leave early. Unlike Chaplin, I extended my hand to him a bit absent-mindedly, and, almost instantly, started violently back. The man was one of the lead actors from The Best Years of Our Lives, a film famous shortly after the war; he lost a hand during the war, and in its place bore practicable claws made of iron. When I shook his right hand and felt it return the pressure, I was extremely startled, but sensed immediately that I could not reveal my shock to the injured man at any price. In a split second I transformed my frightened expression into an obliging grimace that must have been far ghastlier. The actor had hardly moved away when Chaplin was already playing the scene back. All the laughter he brings about is so near to cruelty; solely in such proximity to cruelty does it find its legitimation and its element of the salvational. Let my remembrance of this event and my thanks be my congratulations to him on his 75th birthday." ahahahaah classic adorno. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide dr lopez's signature Hide all signatures On 11/24/2015 at 12:29 PM, Salvatorin said: I feel there is a baobab tree growing out of my head, its leaves stretch up to the heavens Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 On 6/5/2011 at 7:12 PM, Squee said: On 6/5/2011 at 6:49 PM, jefferoo said: The guy was like Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, The Beatles, Barack Obama and Mickey Mouse all rolled into one. You monster! Look what you made me do. Wow! You just bust through the drywall with that one! fucking above and beyond the call Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide J3FF3R00's signature Hide all signatures 666 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66632-ode-to-chalie-chaplin/#findComment-1595435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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