PROGETTO CHAPLIN – KEYSTONE I

Five restored Chaplin films. ♪ Neil Brand. Wednesday 6 July 2005, Cinema Lumière 1, Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna. The photochemical look of the BFI/NFTVA restorations is much more pleasant than the digital look of some other Keystone restorations. The films are usually storywise very crude but visually charming if seen in close-to-the-original prints. It's very gratifying to see new, better prints of films previously known in a highly battered state.