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...there no statesmen of stature in Europe today? "Cher monsieur," he answered with a rare grin, "the novel is in bad shape today, and so is Europe. We are not finishing our novels, and God is not putting the finishing touches on great men. The last of the great men of our day is Mao, and he is not in Europe...
...HEADED for the seawall, now totally black and foggy. A dark black shape moved in the darkness against the wall. "Francois?" But it was an old man, perhaps from the next town, on his way home by the shortest route. "Pardonnez-moi, monsieur, avez-vous vu un petit homme bossu qui courait... have you seen a little hunchback running along the wall?" The man stumbled back into the dark, changing his path a little--"Non, non, non..." --and vanished...
...Monsieur Verdoux...
Between the great silent comedies and Monsieur Verdoux, Chaplin witnessed world depression and a world war. His old comedy had not kept pace with the workings of his mind: It was too full of hope, too innocent, too ignorant of all but a caricatured evil to express Chaplin's worries for mankind...
...Monsieur Verdoux is Chaplin's last great film. With Limelight (1952), he descended into stiff, nostalgic melodrama. But in Verdoux Chaplin is still in his prime, questioning life in a way outside the scope of his earlier masterpieces, redirecting the passionate feelings which ennobled The Gold Rush, Modern Times, and City Lights...