The Circus (1928)

[Akijama]

https://www.criterion.com/films/27563-the-circus

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin’s 1969 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New audio commentary featuring Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
Interview with Chaplin from 1969
New interview with Chaplin’s son Eugene Chaplin
In the Service of the Story, a new program on the film’s visual effects and production design by effects specialist Craig Barron
Chaplin Today: “The Circus,” a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring filmmaker Emir Kusturica
Excerpted audio interview with Chaplin musical associate Eric James
Unused café sequence with new score by composer Timothy Brock, and related outtakes with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Dan Kamin
Newly discovered outtakes featuring the Tramp and the bareback rider
Original recording of the film’s opening song, “Swing, Little Girl,” by Ken Barrie
Footage of the 1928 Hollywood premiere
Rerelease trailers
PLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson
New cover by Mark Chiarello