Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT. This week, the pair are joined by Sarah Ahern, the programmer of the Fantastic Flix slate at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.
This time, Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid.
When a wandering tramp discovers an abandoned baby in an alleyway, he takes the young child into his care. The pair forge an unlikely familial bond, living at the margins of society, but it all threatens to unravel when the authorities become involved.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 99th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
The Kid is being shown as part of the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. It will be shown in the Lighthouse Cinema, next Saturday 23rd February 2019. Tickets are available online. Any Irish listeners of the podcast interested in watching the film are more than welcome; the film is introduced in broad terms at the start of the podcast.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 8th February 2019.
- The Kid at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- The Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.
- Fantastic Flix at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.
- The Kid screening at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.
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- Donato Totaro at Off Screen on the lasting popularity of Charlie Chaplin, November 2010.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky at The A.V. Club compares and contrasts Charlie Chaplin’s comedy to that of Buster Keaton, January 2018.
- Gavin Collinson at the BBC Writers’ Room on Charlie Chaplin as a screenwriter, April 2016.
- Pamela Hutchinson at The Guardian discusses the legacy, impact and influence of the Tramp, January 2014.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky at The A.V. Club ruminates on the lasting appeal of Charlie Chaplin and the Tramp, June 2014.
- Jeffrey Vance at CharlieChaplin.com on the origins of the Tramp, 2009.
- Stephen M. Weissman at The Washington Post on how the Tramp became an unlikely cultural icon, April 1989.
- Brian J. Robb at Chaplin Film By Film discusses a breakout moment for Chaplin following the production of Behind the Screen, November 2016.
- Martin Schneider at Dangerous Minds on the urban legend that Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest, June 2016.
- Aviva Stein discussess screenings of The Kid in war-torn Syria with Silent Film Quarterly, Spring 2016.
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky at The A.V. Club on the enduring appeal of The Kid, February 2016.
- Tom Gunning at Criterion on the autobiographical elements of The Kid for Chaplin, February 2016.
- David Cairns at Criterion discusses the relationship between Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan during the making of The Kid, Jun 2018.
- Tippi Hedren talks to The Guardian about what it’s like to be directed by Charlie Chaplin, November 2016.
- Stephen Winer at Criterion on the influence of The Kid in terms of child stardom, March 2016.
- David Robinson at CharlieChaplin.com on the shooting and production of The Kid, 2004.
- John Bengston at Silent Locations notes that fans of Chaplin can be glimpsed peering out at the star at several points during The Kid, February 2016.
- Brian J. Robb at Chaplin Film By Film on the troubled development and production of The Kid, July 2018.
- John Bengston at Silent Locations on the use of real life locations in shooting The Kid, January 2016.
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