Geraldine Chaplin by Rybin, Steven;

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This book analyses the distinctive screen art of Geraldine Chaplin and uncover parallels between her performances and her father’s work on film and thereby explores the rich and surprising relationships between art cinema and silent film comedy, and between modernist and classical cinematic performance.

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Geraldine Chaplin is the most distinguished actor among Charlie Chaplin’s children. Through her collaborations with major international film directors, she has created a striking performative presence across international cinema. Her acting also evokes, with varying levels of self-consciousness and in shifting cinematic contexts, the memory of her father’s screen performances. This book analyses the distinctive screen art of Geraldine Chaplin and uncover parallels between her performances and her father’s work on film. Through this method, this star study explores the rich and surprising relationships between art cinema and silent film comedy, and between modernist and classical cinematic performance. It offers a long overdue appreciation of Geraldine Chaplin’s own remarkable screen achievements, all the while shedding new insight into the art of Charlie Chaplin through the singular prism of his daughter’s bold work.

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List of figures

Introduction – Into the Limelight

Chapter One – The Kid: Geraldine Chaplin in the Sixties

Chapter Two – The Great Dictator: Geraldine Chaplin in the Films of Carlos Saura

Chapter Three – The Circus: Geraldine Chaplin in the Cinemas of Robert Altman and Alan Rudolph

Chapter Four – A Woman of Paris: Geraldine Chaplin Across French Cinema

Chapter Five – Modern Times: Geraldine Chaplin Across Contemporary Cinema