Black butterfly
Fate in its irony has made the black butterfly of identical moustache settle on the upper lip of two completely different men. One of them is an invention, a mask. The other is real flesh and blood. The former is one of the most popular men on the globe. The latter is positively the most hated.
„He stole my moustache!“ Charlie clamoured merrily in newspapers, accusing Hitler of plagiarism. „It was I who invented it!“
(asta imi aminteste de „L'ho inventato io!“- de unde-i asta, Luc?)
Hitler seemed nothing more than a comedian, a buffoon, and Chaplin's accusations that he had stolen his make-up made Hitler look like a clown.
But as the years went on it became clear that Hitler was something more than a comedian, buffoon, or clown; he proved to be a homicidal maniac.
And Chaplin made his Dictator.
Eisenstein on Chaplin's film, The Dictator, in Notes of a film director
„He stole my moustache!“ Charlie clamoured merrily in newspapers, accusing Hitler of plagiarism. „It was I who invented it!“
(asta imi aminteste de „L'ho inventato io!“- de unde-i asta, Luc?)
Hitler seemed nothing more than a comedian, a buffoon, and Chaplin's accusations that he had stolen his make-up made Hitler look like a clown.
But as the years went on it became clear that Hitler was something more than a comedian, buffoon, or clown; he proved to be a homicidal maniac.
And Chaplin made his Dictator.
Eisenstein on Chaplin's film, The Dictator, in Notes of a film director
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