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First of all,let me just notify you that this review refers to the 8-disc box set that I bought recently at Sam's Club that was produced by Platinum Disc Corporation and not the Delta/Laserlight release of "The Essential Charlie Chaplin" box set!!! Platinum's version of the Chaplin films is perhaps the best collection yet and is definitely well worth the money!! There are 58 short films in this set,two of which are features (THE KID (1921) and TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914) which,by the way,is the 50's reissue print marred by a narrator!).Besides those two films,there is also a huge collection of Chaplin's short films made by Keystone,Essanay,and Mutual that includes such classics as his debut film MAKING A LIVING (1914),ONE A.M. (1916),THE IMMIGRANT (1917),THE TRAMP (1915),and many more to name those few!!! All of the films are presented in their entirety and contain appropriately scored music (mostly piano/orchestral combos) and on one of the shorts,Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" is heard throughout which is pretty cool!!! At the beginning of each DVD,there is a disclaimer saying that they did their absolute best digitally remastering these films from the best availible sources as well!!! I really love this collection of Chaplin's shorts and films and that it's a major improvement from the Madacy 2-disc "Chaplin Collection" set.I would advise you to go to your local Sam's Club store and buy this set and you will not be dissapointed!!! Thank you Platinum for putting together a great set of Chaplin comedies that you won't find anywhere else!! Now there's a company that definitely cares about quality on their customers!!! Also,see my review for Madacy's THE CHAPLIN COLLECTION set.
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I bought a box set at Sam's Club, an 8 DVD set for $18.88. The quaility of the films are very nice, and although the music is not the original, it's not bad and it was funny to hear the theme from the movie "The Sting". Well worth the low price.
The brand name is Platinum Disc Corporation.
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I understand how people can see this box set and not up to par, but these films have been cut or editied because of damage or wear and tear, that the manufactures could fix therefore some scenes are damaged. But the music quailty had been there in these films for a very long time. I have a nother collection of charlie chaplins films and they have the same music. I loved this dvd set, best money i could ever spend!!
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Yes, it's too bad: this should have been a fantastic set.
Never having seen Chaplin's earliest works, being a fan since
my pre-teens, I was excited by the potential of these DVD's.
Now, I'm no film historian or expert, but... I was immediately
struck by the poor quality of the images, the fact that actors'
heads were chopped off, the framing obviously out of whack,
and what's with the godawful music? I like to think that anyone
capable of putting together such an ambitious project would want to take the care to do it justice. Alas... This seems to have
thrown together for capital gain, lacking much sense of artistic
integrity. Ick.
(Note: I've only seen the first two DVD's so far... I hear things get better later on.)
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Of course, any collection of Chaplin comedies is worth 5 stars. And the overall wealth of material here is amazing. You get most of the Keystone and Essanay films, all of the Mutuals, and half of the First Nationals. The problem is the print quality. The early films, especially, are not the best looking. Some of the Keystones are so many generations removed from a good print that Chaplin appears blurry and scratched. Things start to get a little better for the Essanay and Mutual films and are fine by the time you get to "The Kid." As another reviewer points out, the music is just tacked on--as if they just took any music from the early 20th century; some have spoken dialogue which detracts from the film a little. I tend to watch with the volume pretty low so I don't get distracted by the music.
Two other notes: I was thrilled to see my eight-year-old son laugh out loud at some of Charlie's antics. Hopefully another generation of Chaplin lovers is forming!
Also, the film listed (and described) as being "In the Park" (Essanay, 1915) is actually Chaplin's directorial debut, "Caught in the Rain" (Keystone, 1914). Don't blame Delta for this error (though they could have double-checked); Keystone renamed that one and rereleased it as "In the Park" over 80 years ago to compete with Chaplin's Essanay film.
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