Movie review of 'The Modern Times'...
***Movie review of 'The Modern Times'...
Today, on 29 June 2018, we watched "The Modern Times"...
#The Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film. It's written,directed and starring by Charlie Chaplin.
It is considered one of his most important films alongside classics such as The Great Dictator, Gold Rush and City Lights. Like all Chaplin’s greatest work, the film treads a fine line between slapstick and satire, as well as functioning as a socio-economic commentary on American society during the thirties as a result of increasing industrialisation and in particular the devastating effects of Great Depression.
Charlie Chaplin's films continue to hold up, to attract and delight us."Modern Times" was Charlie's first film after five years of hibernation in the 1930s.With "Modern Times," a fable about automation, assembly lines and the enslaving of man by machines, he hit upon an effective way to introduce sound without disturbing his comedy ...
Chaplin’s overwhelming preoccupation in the first section Modern Times is the tyranny of technology and society, how humanity is forced to fit around and within the machines and institutions endemic in modern society, particularly in relation to the idea of the “American Dream” and the “pursuit of happiness”..
This theme of technology ensnaring and enslaving man is emphasised in the opening section of the film, which takes place in a bizarre factory in which all workers are monitored and overseen by giant Orwellian monitors...
Overall I found Modern Times to be thoroughly enjoyable, often hilarious and occasionally thought-provoking, though I could not help but find the film to be curiously disjointed, as if Chaplin had difficulty balancing his message with the comedy of the film. This leads to a jarring change of tone as the film leaves the factory behind; largely due to the drastic change of scenery from a science fiction style factory to a far more realistic and recognisable cityscape. Despite this the film is a deserved classic and I heartily recommend it to anyone interested in Chaplin’s work....
Today, on 29 June 2018, we watched "The Modern Times"...
#The Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film. It's written,directed and starring by Charlie Chaplin.
It is considered one of his most important films alongside classics such as The Great Dictator, Gold Rush and City Lights. Like all Chaplin’s greatest work, the film treads a fine line between slapstick and satire, as well as functioning as a socio-economic commentary on American society during the thirties as a result of increasing industrialisation and in particular the devastating effects of Great Depression.
Charlie Chaplin's films continue to hold up, to attract and delight us."Modern Times" was Charlie's first film after five years of hibernation in the 1930s.With "Modern Times," a fable about automation, assembly lines and the enslaving of man by machines, he hit upon an effective way to introduce sound without disturbing his comedy ...
Chaplin’s overwhelming preoccupation in the first section Modern Times is the tyranny of technology and society, how humanity is forced to fit around and within the machines and institutions endemic in modern society, particularly in relation to the idea of the “American Dream” and the “pursuit of happiness”..
This theme of technology ensnaring and enslaving man is emphasised in the opening section of the film, which takes place in a bizarre factory in which all workers are monitored and overseen by giant Orwellian monitors...
Overall I found Modern Times to be thoroughly enjoyable, often hilarious and occasionally thought-provoking, though I could not help but find the film to be curiously disjointed, as if Chaplin had difficulty balancing his message with the comedy of the film. This leads to a jarring change of tone as the film leaves the factory behind; largely due to the drastic change of scenery from a science fiction style factory to a far more realistic and recognisable cityscape. Despite this the film is a deserved classic and I heartily recommend it to anyone interested in Chaplin’s work....
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