Monsieur Verdoux movie is one of my favorites of all time. I have watched it probably over 200 times in the past. This great Charlie Chaplin movie can now be seen in full, including two featurettes:  (1) Introduction of Chaplin and Monsieur Verdoux, discussing the historical and cinematic context of the film;  and  (2) Documentary on Charlie Chaplin and his film based on a true story “Monsieur Verdoux” which was inspired by Orson Welles who originally gave the idea to Chaplin to make the movie.

According to Wikipedia: The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine. The film ends as Verdoux is being led to the guillotine in the prison courtyard after dismissing his killing of a few as no worse than the highly-praised killing of large numbers in war. The script for this film, the idea for it given by Orson Welles, was inspired by the case of serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. Welles sought to direct the film with Chaplin as star, but Chaplin backed out at the last minute, on the grounds that he’d never been directed in a full length film before and wasn’t willing to start. Instead, Chaplin bought the script from Welles and rewrote parts of it, crediting Welles only with the idea. The lead character kills to make money, hence he is not (in his eyes) a murderer.

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