‘Modern Times’ is one of the masterpiece by Charles Chaplin. It is a movie of great importance as this particular movie was the last silent movie presented by Charles Chaplin and In this movie for the very first time Chaplin’s voice could be heard near the end.
The movie is in itself a composite structure, On social platform it deals with unemployment, heavy work load, The era of great depression, strike and riots and more but in typical Charles Chaplin style. The movie is hilarious at different stances. All in all Charles Chaplin is able to successfully narrate a complex story consisting serious issue with his immaculate art of comic depiction of a honest and innocent person. The end of the movie is not conclusive but pleasurably hopeful.
Charles Chaplin plays the role of a tramp who due to heavy work load and strict working circumstances bears a nervous breakdown creating havoc in the industry. After getting medicated he being normal, was caught waving a red flag accidentally and pushed in the jail for being a communist leader. In jail under the influence of drugs and in bizarre ways he foils a jailbreak by few inmates, by this act he wins trust of authorities and is subsequently released. On the other hand a young gamin loses her father and runs away from the authorities. She crashes into Chaplin while running after stealing a bread loaf. To save her he takes the blame of stealing but police come to know about reality soon. After that, through multiple sequences they plan to live together.
Charlie try to get a job but couldn’t instead he again get into jail, meanwhile the girl successfully get a job of dancing girl, After her recommendation he was placed as a trial waiter and singer. There is a sequence of bizarre incidents, still he manage to get a steady job after a commendable singing performance. As everything look perfect the detectives caught the girl as she was absconding and somehow they both manage to flee out of detective’s clutches. In the last frame he gives her hope and they are seen walking away from us buoyed and hopeful.
Though the plot seems little serious, It was throughout light and comic thanks to Charles Chaplin’s gift of comic timing and superb expression. This very movie make you think about all the social issues without getting grim or even serious. Perhaps that is what Chaplin believed in. In ‘Modern Times ’ one can sense the idea which was more boldly to come in ‘The great Dictator’.
All in all This is a must watch movie due to it’s concern for social issue, due to excellent comic timing, due to Charles Chaplin’s reluctance toward modern times and above all due to the Charles Chaplin himself.
Cast
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In the end the story of our life is not our life, it is the 'story'.
The movie is in itself a composite structure, On social platform it deals with unemployment, heavy work load, The era of great depression, strike and riots and more but in typical Charles Chaplin style. The movie is hilarious at different stances. All in all Charles Chaplin is able to successfully narrate a complex story consisting serious issue with his immaculate art of comic depiction of a honest and innocent person. The end of the movie is not conclusive but pleasurably hopeful.
Charles Chaplin plays the role of a tramp who due to heavy work load and strict working circumstances bears a nervous breakdown creating havoc in the industry. After getting medicated he being normal, was caught waving a red flag accidentally and pushed in the jail for being a communist leader. In jail under the influence of drugs and in bizarre ways he foils a jailbreak by few inmates, by this act he wins trust of authorities and is subsequently released. On the other hand a young gamin loses her father and runs away from the authorities. She crashes into Chaplin while running after stealing a bread loaf. To save her he takes the blame of stealing but police come to know about reality soon. After that, through multiple sequences they plan to live together.
Charlie try to get a job but couldn’t instead he again get into jail, meanwhile the girl successfully get a job of dancing girl, After her recommendation he was placed as a trial waiter and singer. There is a sequence of bizarre incidents, still he manage to get a steady job after a commendable singing performance. As everything look perfect the detectives caught the girl as she was absconding and somehow they both manage to flee out of detective’s clutches. In the last frame he gives her hope and they are seen walking away from us buoyed and hopeful.
Though the plot seems little serious, It was throughout light and comic thanks to Charles Chaplin’s gift of comic timing and superb expression. This very movie make you think about all the social issues without getting grim or even serious. Perhaps that is what Chaplin believed in. In ‘Modern Times ’ one can sense the idea which was more boldly to come in ‘The great Dictator’.
All in all This is a must watch movie due to it’s concern for social issue, due to excellent comic timing, due to Charles Chaplin’s reluctance toward modern times and above all due to the Charles Chaplin himself.
Cast
Charles Chaplin ... A factory worker (as Charlie Chaplin)
Paulette Goddard ... A gamin
Henry Bergman ... Cafe proprietor
Tiny Sandford ... Big Bill (as Stanley Sandford)
Chester Conklin ... Mechanic
Hank Mann ... Burglar
Stanley Blystone ... Gamin's father
Al Ernest Garcia ... President of the Electro Steel Corp. (as Allan Garcia)
Richard Alexander ... Cellmate (as Dick Alexander)
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In the end the story of our life is not our life, it is the 'story'.
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