1936 Directed by Charlie Chaplin
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
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When it comes to silent cinema, I don't have much experience with it. But thanks mostly in part to a friend of mine for introducing me to "Metropolis" about a couple years ago (Now one of my favorite films of all time), I've always wanted to see more.
So I figured after reviewing nothing recent works, I'd take a step back in time to talk about some forms of film I've always wanted to get a better eye on, and what better way to start then with what many would probably call the master of silent cinema, Charlie Chaplin?
"Modern Times" marks my first impressions with the man, and they're fairly good you could say. It follows him as a…
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I love animated films, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them, but I remember when my daughter exclusively watched only that genre at a very young age and I was thinking to myself, at what point can I show her more? When will she be ready to explore cinema beyond talking animals and snappy songs?
While she has been beyond that point for a while now, something happened the other day while watching the Charlie Chaplin masterpiece Modern Times that I was not anticipating. There I am, lying on the couch mesmerized by the film when I realized I wasn't alone. Not in the literal sense, I knew the soon to be seven year old was sitting across the…
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Even though it's not a completely silent movie, it sure proves dialogue is sometimes completely unnecessary.
Sheer genius.
1. PITHY REVIEW
A quiet classic.
2. CLASSIC STATUS DESERVED: Yesh
3. REWATCHABILITY: No
4. RECOMMENDABILITY: Yes
5. AFI 100 10th Anniversary Number: 78
6. LINKS
www.imdb.com/title/tt0027977/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)
a true classic and one of my favourite movies of all time not just the 1930s, Modern Times (1936), A Chaplin film where he highlights many aspects of ; the new future, changes in social ideology, the 'progress' in the automated industrialised society, the winners and losers, the good guys and the bad , Surprisingly Chaplin was still making silent movies in spite of talkies being the norm for 6 or 7 years already. There are of course lots of clever sets and choreography, stunts and gags etc but the social message of hopes and dreams isn't lost here in his last silent outing and the film was a huge success when released, people still loved Chaplin and the tramp.
My first Chaplin(well I know that I've seen Chaplin as a kid but I don't remember anything except his face) and overall my third silent. The previous two were the entertaining Seven chances and masterpiece in Sherlock Jr. by Keaton. So due to my limited experience, I can't help but compare.
While Modern Times doesn't quite live up to my love of Sherlock Jr., it is quite entertaining and lovely in its own right. The wonders and magic of silent cinema and physical comedy is that the best among them don't age at all, an 8-year-old can recognize all of the jokes in these films and laugh at them as any other would. They speak to all people from all over the world, people from any time or any age, they are the closest thing cinema can come to "universal".
All I can say is that watching this with my 7 year old and seeing him enjoy a black&white/silent movie made over 80 years ago where he even laughed out loud more than once, really does speak for itself! Amazing how well it holds up after so many years.
Modern Times nos narra de un modo cómico y en algunos leves toques dramáticos lo que fue la pobreza, la industria y la política, y con un legendario Charles Chaplin.
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