Charlie Chaplin Archive (Projekt)

For several years the Cineteca of the Comune di Bologna has had the delicate task of reconstructing the entire work of Charlie Chaplin. Besides digitising and cataloguing of the filmmaker's paper archives, Cineteca has also undertaken the complete restoration of his works. In accordance with his heirs' the wishes, this highly detailed work is being done entirely in Bologna under the direct supervision of our specialist staff and the laboratory L'Immagine Ritrovata. - The main task of the Chaplin Project is to preserve the paper and photographic archive left by the filmmaker but also to foster and encourage a permanent research activity on Charlie Chaplin and to establishi the premises for a fertile ground where students, researchers and cinéphiles can meet and exchange ideas. - Also, in line with this objective, the whole archive corpus is at the core of a series of publications aiming at shedding new light on Chaplin and his Art. From the first notes for a film, through its production, promotion and all the film-related political, historical and human vicissitudes