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Charlo and Verdoux
Adalberto 2022-01-18 08:01:18
Bazin said that Verdoux was the return of Charlo in the opposite way. I think Verdoux is probably the little fantasy that Charlow had in his heart when he was unlucky: "Just treat me like this. I bear it all because of my kind heart. If my heart and eyes are a little bit bad, it will kill you all. Playing in the palm of the hand, just like Verdue..." Of course, if Charlo is not a tramp, he will not be Verdue, but may be Willy in "Death of a Salesman." Chaplin delineated himself a moral boundary between angels and demons, and then he put himself on the side of angels for life, molding himself as his representative, or the conscience of society, but we have long been owed to his genius. Ignoring this naive to naive self-righteousness, just as we forgave Verdue from the beginning, especially when he (voluntarily) turned back to Charlo when his (voluntarily) hands were tied under the watchful eye of the police.
Extended Reading
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Reporter: You'll have to admit, crime doesn't pay, does it?
Henri Verdoux: No, sir. Not in a small way.
Reporter: What do you mean?
Henri Verdoux: To be successful in anything, one must be well-organized.
Reporter: You're not leaving the world with that cynical remark?
Henri Verdoux: To be idealistic in this moment would be incongruous, don't you think?
Reporter: What's all this talk about good and evil?
Henri Verdoux: Arbitrary forces, my good fellow. Too much of either will destroy us all.
Reporter: We can never have too much good in the world.
Henri Verdoux: Trouble is, we've never had enough. We don't know.
Reporter: Listen, Verdoux, I've been your friend all through the trial. Now, give me a break, a story with a moral to it! You, the tragic example of a life of crime.
Henri Verdoux: I don't see how anyone can be an example in these criminal times.
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Henri Verdoux: It's the approach of death that terrifies.
The Girl: I suppose if the unborn knew of the approach of life, they'd be just as terrified.