Movie pot pourri: Chaplin, Miles, Zisek, Cinerama, Welles

A collection of movies to watch, and postings about movies.

• Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights (Full Film) Arguably Chaplin's best feature. Note that it was made during the sound era; Chaplin was nothing if not dedicated to his own beliefs.
  
  
• GENIUS, HUSTLER, SUPERSTAR: ‘THE MILES DAVIS STORY’ Lots of good music, lots of Miles, who was probably the coolest guy in the room (in the true meaning of cool) his entire life.
  
  
• This is Slavoj Zisek on Vertigo. The Vast Coachean Army already knows my opinion of this movie lording it over all the rest at the top of the 50, but that doesn't make it, in my estimation, a bad movie. In any case, watch it (elsewhere) and judge for yourself, then listen to what SZ has to say
  
  
  
  
• The wayward charms of Cinerama Once upon a time, Cinerama was a big thing (no pun intended). As this article says, it was something of a precursor to IMAX, but the concept was much more surrounding and horizontal. To be honest, it really didn't work all that well, but there is something to be said for seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey in this format, which I did the first time I saw it. Anyhow, it's one for the history books now, but movie technology buffs will enjoy this.
  
  
• There is lively debate over whether Chimes at Midnight is, well, any good. It is, at times, wildly creative, and at times, a little dull. Here's the whole thing. At the very least, watch them fight in the mud, starting at about 54:00.