Chaplin moves away from his tramp character in this wonderful comedy of murders, that is not for everyone. Since I leave the actual review of the film in my film page and I don't consider picture and sound when I buy a DVD, I will go straight to the special features, like I always do.
Unlike most of the Chaplin DVDs, Monsieur Verdoux comes with only one disc.
We start off with the usual David Robinson introduction which is very exciting. He explains Orson Welles's inspiration of the idea, how he sold it to Chaplin, the communist accusation, and the film's controversy all in a brisk 5 minutes. It's very enjoyable.
We then go to the "Chaplin Today" documentary of the film. It includes brilliant news reel footage of Chaplin confronting the House of Un-American Activities, and a wonderful interview with French thriller director, Claude Chabrol. Of all the "Chaplin Today" documentaries, this is the best one of them all.
The special features then end off with some very well-done trailers, a so-so photo gallery, and a brilliant scene-to-storyboard comparison gallery. Very interesting are the posters that have something not seen in the other DVDs. They are accompanied by radio broadcasts. Finally the disc caps off with short clips from the other films in the Chaplin Collection. I consider this feature rather useless since we can watch the entire picture on the other DVDs (This part doesn't affect the final percentage).
Even though, the DVD doesn't have as many special features as the other discs, it's still a brilliant must-own whose percentage even goes above City Lights. The final percentage for Monsieur Verodux: The Chaplin Collection is 84%.