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CharlieChaplin

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There's no acting, no plot, no special effects. Just crowds of everyday people doing everyday things: entering and leaving a factory, walking by a seaside promenade, marching in a parade, playing soccer, or rushing through downtown intersections. The filmmakers concentrated on the working class from nearly except part of the UK except the SouthEast (where London is located). Each film is only about 3-5 minutes long but were strung together to from a two-hour show. Because the films were created from the original negatives, they possess clarity, depth of field, and details that we don't normally see in films of this period. High-definition technology compensates for the highly-variable, hand-cranked film speed. So rather than the speeded-up jerkiness you see in silent movies, you get the graceful, natural movements of real people. And instead of the stiff-lipped, formally posed portraits visible in period photos, you see smiling faces from people jostling each other to be filmed. (Or in some cases, cursing the camera for the invasion of privacy.) The result? Vibrant, electric, and involving home movies of people that could be your neighbors and of buildings that could be just down the street. Except these people and streets disappeared nearly a…

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