Ella Rosenblatt:
I'm Charlie Chaplin
Information:
[THEPL] | 2005 | 8 min | Short Documentary
Directed by: Steven Lippman
(I'm Charlie Chaplin)USA
New York Premiere
Interests: Documentary, Family
Cast & Credits
Synopsis
The quickly changing attitudes of a little girl are documented in Jay Rosenblatt's delightful short I'm Charlie Chaplin. Ella, the filmmaker's daughter, thinks Chaplin is the funniest character around. She dresses up like him one Halloween and comes home with a massive haul of candy. One year later, Ella dresses up like Chaplin again, but now she doesn't like the tie and thinks that maybe she'd like to be a ghost instead. "Why?" asks her mother. "Stop talking," says Ella.
+About The Director
A recipient of a Guggenheim and a Rockefeller Fellowship, Jay Rosenblatt has been making films for over 20 years. His films have won numerous awards and screened throughout the world. A selection of his films had a one-week theatrical run at New York's Film Forum and throughout the country. Articles about his work have appeared in The New York Times, L.A. Times, Sight & Sound, Filmmaker, and The Independent.
+Director Statement
My daughter Ella was two-and-a-half for the first part of the film, and three-and-a-half for the end part. I think the film captures the enormous growth and development of a young child from one year to the next. I still laugh when I watch this film, even though I've seen it countless times. It was a real pleasure to work on this project, from beginning to end, conception to editing.
