Drunk at the beginning?
why did he seem drunk in the beginning? was he?
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I think he was.
"I don't have time for a drink with you. Have you got a phone number ?"
The Mother and the Whore
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"WellHeCouldCrackACoconutWithThoseKnees!..IfHeCouldgetThemTogether.."-TheWomen
Yes, he was supposed to be drunk.
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I didn't find the drunk act very convincing. Marvellous movie though!
shareFunny, I thought it was one of the most convincing portrayals of an intoxicated man that I've ever seen on film.
"What I got don't need pearls." -- Linda Darnell (1923-65)
I agree it was excellently done, but it went on too long perhaps. He busts a door down, saves the young woman, runs for a doctor, they carry her up two flights of stairs, he goes out shopping for food and a prescription for her, climbs back up to her again, and he's still wobbling all over and dropping oranges left and right. It was overdone at that point, I think.
shareHe busts a door down, saves the young woman, runs for a doctor, they carry her up two flights of stairs, he goes out shopping for food and a prescription for her, climbs back up to her again, and he's still wobbling all over and dropping oranges left and right. It was overdone at that point, I think.I thought the same thing exactly. The adrenaline from saving her and running for the doc, etc., would have been enough to sober him up considerably. And the fact that the whole episode started during the day and ended when it was quite dark should have allowed enough time to sober up also.
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Give it a rest, guys -- this was one of Chaplin's last movies and definitely his final film of any merit. There wouldn't be much more scenery chewing for him after making this film. Let's enjoy what was left of this great artist of the cinema during 1952; "Limelight" proved Chaplin could still cut the mustard.
Perhaps the drunkenness was a tad overplayed, but just because Calvero must have sobered up considerably by the time he made it back home doesn't mean he'd be free of clumsiness, physical imbalance and "the shakes." An alcoholic can be completely sober but still be klutzy and even suffer nerve damage due to too many years on the bottle.
Okay folks, show's over, nothing to see here!
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