The Gold Rush With The Philarmonic Orchestra, London
What better time than now for a juxtaposition of high culture and hard-bitten poverty? Charlie Chaplin's prospecting adventure is best remembered for its "dancing bread rolls" routine, but it's a heartmelting portrait of cold, tough times, greatly informed by Chaplin's own lean years in London. We're not down to eating boiled shoe just yet, but it should resonate with our belt-tightened era – especially when it's presented in the nice, warm Royal Festival Hall, backed by the Philharmonia Orchestra. Working to Chaplin's own notes, this is conductor Carl Davis's reconstruction of the score for the original 1925 version, reinstating scenes cut for a 1942 version.
Royal Festival Hall, SE1, Mon
The King's Speech & Tom Hooper, Nationwide
Arriving on a swell of awards buzz and critical adulation, this humane tale of royal awkwardness is sure to clean up with the home crowd, but to make sure,...
What better time than now for a juxtaposition of high culture and hard-bitten poverty? Charlie Chaplin's prospecting adventure is best remembered for its "dancing bread rolls" routine, but it's a heartmelting portrait of cold, tough times, greatly informed by Chaplin's own lean years in London. We're not down to eating boiled shoe just yet, but it should resonate with our belt-tightened era – especially when it's presented in the nice, warm Royal Festival Hall, backed by the Philharmonia Orchestra. Working to Chaplin's own notes, this is conductor Carl Davis's reconstruction of the score for the original 1925 version, reinstating scenes cut for a 1942 version.
Royal Festival Hall, SE1, Mon
The King's Speech & Tom Hooper, Nationwide
Arriving on a swell of awards buzz and critical adulation, this humane tale of royal awkwardness is sure to clean up with the home crowd, but to make sure,...
- 1/1/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
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