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Phong creció en un pequeño pueblo en el centro de Vietnam, el menor de seis hijos. Desde que era un niño, Phong sintió que era una niña con el cuerpo de un niño que no coincide. No fue hasta que se mudó a Hanoi para ir a la universidad a los 20 años cuando Phong descubrió que no era el único en el mundo con esta situación. Su sueño de "encontrarse a sí misma" cambiando físicamente el sexo se convierte en realidad varios años después. La película sigue la lucha de Phong durante estos años, con extractos de un íntimo diario de video, junto con encuentros con familiares, amigos y médicos, todos los cuales deben aceptar la determinación de Phong para convertirse en una chica completa.
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A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux." Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, whose 1963 film "Landru" concerns the same serial killer that inspired Chaplin's film.
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"A Woman of Paris" (1923) was the first film Chaplin made for United Artists Film Corporation, which he founded with his friends Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. Chaplin had long considered making a dramatic feature. For the first time, he decided to direct. Actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann analyses the film. She talks about the acting, the originality of the characterizations, as well as the "feminine" viewpoint Chaplin adopted for the first time in his films.
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Award-winning filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne profess their love for the classic "Modern Times." The directors expose their views on the many aspects of the film, Chaplin's brilliancy and they also provide interesting details about the making of Chaplin's masterpiece.
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African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of interviews with several of Chaplin's co-stars.
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A short documentary about the making of Chaplin's "Limelight."
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This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Circus," released in 2004.
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In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.
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This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.
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An examination of Charles Chaplin's final starring film.
