Hannah Long Movie Review – Limelight (1952)

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Hannah Long Movie Review – Limelight (1952)

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Episode Synopsis

Brent and Hannah Long discuss Charlie Chaplin’s classic 1952 movie ‘Limelight’.
Hannah Is a passionate cinephile.  She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Despatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘The Bulwark’, ‘First Things’ and ‘Christianity Today’. 

(1:00) Charlie Chaplin;
(2:20) ‘Limelight’;
(4:15) McCarthy hearings;
(7:10) Nostalgia;
(8:40) 1914;
(10:00) Calvero;
(11:00) ‘Footlights’;
(12:35) The cast;
(14:30) The music;
(16:00) Terry;
(17:20) Technical things;
(21:30) Music hall;
(24:30) Fear;
(26:00) Dreams;
(27:15) Calvero and Terry;
(31:00) Swansong;
(33:40) Buster Keaton.

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