The Chaplin Challenge !!!

My first post in over a year, and i thought i’d reboot the website by issuing myself a challenge, and it’s a biggie. My only knowledge of Charlie Chaplin, came from watching the 1992 Richard Attenborough movie biopic, Chaplin, starring Robert Downey Jr, as the little tramp. I absolutely loved the movie, and immediately wanted to know more about Chaplin, his life, his work, and the world he came from and lived in. This desire promptly trod a path into oblivion, and only recently resurfaced, thanks to his autobiography, which i’m currently listening to on Audible,

Listening to this excellent book i suddenly realised i haven’t seen a single Chaplin movie, not one. So much for calling myself a fan. So the challenge is simply this, to watch every Chaplin movie ever made, in chronoligical order. I’ve equipped myself with as many of his films as i can find, including a number of documentaries, so i’m good to go. Most of his early works are no more than 15-20 minutes long, so setting the time aside to complete this mammoth task shouldn’t be a problem. His first film, Making A Living, is the first step in this long journey, and it’s a journey i’m very much looking forward to undertaking. Wish me luck, i’m going in……