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Chaplin, a master artist born in the United Kingdom, most of his works reflect historical and practical issues, and are full of strong realistic criticism, especially the anti-peace behavior of politicians in some countries, which is even more nakedly exposed. Although his works are all presented as comedies, people who have seen it can see what he wants to express from the film, which undoubtedly makes the politicians under the fig leaf have a lot of hostility towards him. is such a great artist, he also chases stars. Who is it that attracts the attention of artists like Chaplin? Three times in a circle, click on it
In 1936, Chaplin released a film called "Modern Times", in which he actively spoke for the working class and the peasant class, criticizing the exploitation and oppression of peasants and workers by the bourgeoisie. In an old capitalist country like the United States, if you dare to blatantly ridicule and expose the exploitation of capitalism, then you have to wait for the FBI investigation!
In this film, many of the clips are about freedom and equality, and one of them shows a demonstration by the Communist Party, and the Communist Party is walking with the workers and peasants. Well, dare to propagate the Communist Party, do you still say that you are not a "reactionary"? However, the evidence is not so sufficient, and the FBI is waiting to catch him with a bigger handle.
Chaplin was also dismissive of this, and in 1937, he secretly made a movie "The Great **", although this film did not directly point to the United States, but it was also a theme of propaganda against the war, which was a kind of irony for the countries that enjoyed the huge benefits of war in World War II.
After the film was launched, the attendance rate was a big hit, which couldn't help but make the authorities very afraid of the message he conveyed in the work. So Hoover, who was the head of the FBI at the time, specially arranged for personnel to keep an eye on Chaplin's every move, and arrested him as soon as he had evidence to be verified.
In 1944, Chaplin filmed the movie "Monsieur Verdoux" under pressure, and if he had no evidence to trouble him before, then this movie directly asked the FBI to detain him as a "communist".
The film uses the protagonist Mr. Verdoux to confront social injustice and eventually turn to crime as a way to fight the mockery of fate, and indict Western politicians for the destruction of weak countries. Now, Western politicians have been completely provoked, and even movies have been directly banned**.
As the controversy grows bigger and bigger, the major newspapers will naturally not let go of such an opportunity. In an interview, a journalist with ulterior motives asked, "I heard that you are going to make a film about Napoleon, right?"
Chaplin replied: "No, I won't preach the **, he is a **". The scheming reporter immediately turned the topic in a very sensitive direction.
So do you think Stalin was a ****"? This question is undoubtedly digging a hole for him, no matter how he answers, in the end, ** will try his best to misinterpret his content. Chaplin did not answer directly: "It depends on how most people define the ** person."
Seeing that he didn't get the answer he wanted, the reporter directly asked: "Then are you a Communist Party?" Chaplin's answer was skillful: "No, I'm not, but maybe what I'm doing is somewhat similar to the Communist Party, which is working for the interests of the people at the bottom, and I'm doing my best."
Chaplin's answer was very skillful, expressing his own point of view without allowing the FBI to directly catch his disadvantage.
In 1952, after much deliberation between the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI, they could not have enough evidence to arrest him, so they had to make a resolution to classify Chaplin as persona non grata in the United States and deport him forever.
The expelled Chaplin family went to Switzerland, and although he left the United States, the American people still look forward to this artist and bring them more excellent works. And ***, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, after learning the news of Chaplin's expulsion from the United States, arranged for someone to get in touch with Chaplin and express his respect for the first time. **As the leader of my country, I have a lot of opportunities on weekdays, why do I care so much about this artist from another country?
Chaplin is 9 years older than ***, and in 1914, Chaplin's first work "Making a Living" was released, and ** had already seen it, at that time, China had just begun to introduce the "rarity" of movies. In addition, each of the later works is very classic and widely disseminated in the world, ** I like this kind of humorous and critical movie very much.
In 1954, when he attended the Geneva Conference, he learned that Chaplin was in Geneva, Switzerland, and he immediately arranged for someone around him to contact Chaplin. When *** learned that Chaplin especially wanted to meet him personally, ** immediately agreed, and set up a banquet at Huashan Villa to entertain Chaplin and his wife. ** also specially invited Fan Ruijuan, a famous Yue Opera actor at that time, to participate in the banquet for Chaplin, after all, a politician and an artist meet, and a colleague accompanying them is not so restrained, and may find a common topic.
Chaplin, who was sitting in the car, hadn't gotten out of the car yet, but he saw someone waiting for him on the steps at the door, and when he knew that it was ***, his expression couldn't hide his excitement. After getting out of the car, ** first stretched out his hand to welcome, Chaplin also held ***'s hand excitedly, and did not let go.
He was relieved when *** said in fluent English: "Hello, I met you in the movie 40 years ago".
Chaplin didn't expect that this leader from the Communist Party of China would be so approachable, and this feeling suddenly made him less nervous than at the beginning. Chaplin and *** told about the Chinese culture they knew, especially the Chinese opera "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", and they were very moved by the love of the characters in it, but unfortunately they never had the opportunity**.
Knowing that Chaplin was still interested in Chinese opera, ** immediately arranged for Chaplin to arrange a movie between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. During the conversation, I learned that Chaplin had been to Shanghai, China as early as 1937, and by chance met Mei Lanfang, a Chinese artist.
With a common topic, the two chatted more energetically, because Mei Lanfang is also an artist who is particularly loved and admired, during the Anti-Japanese War, Master Mei Lanfang made a great contribution to the cause of the Anti-Japanese War, and Master Mei Lanfang's own artistic attainments are even more high.
In the evening, Chinese specialties were specially arranged, and of course, drinks. "I heard that you like Chinese Moutai very much, we will drink Moutai tonight, this wine is not used to drinking by ordinary people", * said to Chaplin with a smile.
Chaplin also laughed when he heard *** say this: "It's true that the wine is very spicy and fragrant, but I think this is the wine that men drink." chatting and chatting, the distance between the two is getting closer and closer, and Chaplin keeps telling *** about what happened when he and Mei Lanfang met in Shanghai.
In 1930, Mei Lanfang led the troupe to visit the United States, and during the reception, someone pulled a foreigner with a black hat towards Mei Lanfang. "Hello, Mr. May, I heard that you have always liked Mr. Chaplin's movies, so do you know this gentleman"? Mei Lanfang looked at the "stranger" in front of him, he was a little familiar, but he was not sure.
The introducer looked at Mei Lanfang and smiled: "This is Mr. Chaplin." Mei Lanfang was immediately very excited, he had watched a lot of Chaplin's movies, and he had always looked forward to meeting this great artist. The introducer also mysteriously attached to Chaplin's ear and told him that this was China's Mei Lanfang, and he thought that Chaplin had never heard of who Mei Lanfang was.
Who knew that when he said that this was Mei Lanfang, Chaplin's attitude was even more excited, because he had long heard of this Chinese Peking Opera master, but he had never had the opportunity to see his performance. The first time the two masters of the art world met, they had already heard of each other's names.
At the banquet that night, the two of them sipped wine as if no one else was around, and at the same time talked about their love for each other's art fields. Mei Lanfang's trip to the United States ended quickly, and before leaving, she did not forget to invite Chaplin to visit China.
In the blink of an eye, 6 years, in 1936, Mei Lanfang learned that Chaplin was coming to Shanghai, China, and went to Shanghai early in the morning to wait for his arrival. Mei Lanfang invited many people in the celebrity circle to participate in a banquet to "catch the wind and wash the dust" for Chaplin, and also arranged a number of Peking Opera performances that Chaplin missed. Knowing that Mei Lanfang especially likes to collect all kinds of matchboxes, Chaplin specially gave him a matchbox designed by himself when the movie "The Great **" was released in 1941.
I was also very happy to learn that Chaplin had already had so much fate with China. At the dinner, ** specially arranged Peking duck, and also introduced the practice and eating of Peking duck to Chaplin, but Chaplin did not move his chopsticks. "Mr. Chaplin, don't you like to eat this duck,* asked,* puzzled.
No, no, no, you know that there is a very special duck step in my performance, which is the inspiration I got from learning ducks for a long time, so I have some special feelings for ducks, and I never eat ducks. Chaplin hurriedly explained.
** Hurriedly asked people to take the roast duck down, but Chaplin stopped again, "I learned American duck, this is a foreign duck, and it should look delicious." It was such a humorous sentence that relieved the embarrassment, and after speaking, he stood up and walked his trademark duck step.
** Personally demonstrated how to eat Peking duck, Chaplin followed suit, and when he tasted this special duck for the first time, he couldn't help but taste the second bite. "The taste of this duck is so special, it is fragrant on the teeth and cheeks", Chaplin is full of praise for the Peking duck.
Towards the end of the feast, Chaplin showed a feeling that the words were on his lips but could not speak. Seeing Chaplin's hesitation, he asked, "Does Mr. Chaplin have anything to say?" Chaplin said with a regretful expression, "It's a pity that my children didn't come here today, they didn't have a chance to taste this delicious duck, I wonder if I can bring one back"?
When *** heard him say this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Mr. Chaplin loves food so much, then I will pack two for you and take it back, and you have to give us a good promotion of our Chinese food."
Chaplin replied with a smile: "This is natural, but this duck is delicious, and it would be better to have Moutai with it." Although it was a gathering of politicians and artists, the whole process was so harmonious and relaxed.
The party lasted for a total of 7 hours, ** packed two roast duck and two bottles of Moutai for Chaplin, and when parting, Chaplin also presented two discs of his masterpieces to *** and praised *** for his contribution to the world revolution. For Chaplin, I think whether it is with *** or Mei Lanfang, they must have ideological resonance.
In 1972, Chaplin received the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Honor Award for the second time, and Hollywood invited him to the United States, the first time he was invited to return to the United States since 1952, 20 years after his deportation.
Chaplin lived in the United States for 40 years, wandered for 20 years, and returned to the United States again, he was already a twilight old man with gray hair. Chaplin once said that "all great achievements in history are achieved by overcoming things that seem impossible", which is probably the idea he wants to express in so many classic works!