 At the premiere in 1967 in London, the film being shown before had  been using a special spherical lens. The projectionist had forgotten  to take it off for the 35mm "Countess". The result was a distorted  spherical image. The critics instantly blamed it on Chaplins tired  directing techniques. This was obviously not the case, but the film  still did badly at the box office and Chaplin himself went into deep  depression.