Note 1 — TWO: PORTRAITS

Arturo Mom, the Argentinian writer, tells us that Lenin once said: “Chaplin is the only man in the world I want to meet.” It is a story readily believed. Chaplin’s art expresses the germinal seed of the revolt—tender and ruthless, romantic and realistic—which Lenin’s technique attempted to fulfill. Chaplin and Lenin—they are probably the two most potential spirits of our age. Bring them together—pure individualist and pure collectivist—into a single force, and you have a vision of tomorrow.