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Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times
Chaplin's last silent film.
Circa 1936, 1:22:43 RT.
This was made when everyone else was making talkies.
Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, and progress.
Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts.
He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital...
When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again.
We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out.
Circa 1936, 1:22:43 RT.
This was made when everyone else was making talkies.
Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, and progress.
Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts.
He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital...
When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again.
We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out.
Aug 20, 2006 9:20 AM
Re: Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times
Obviously, sound effects were used and synched up with the film's progress during playing of it.
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times
Actually, "Modern Times" had a built-in soundtrack. With the exception of "Gold Rush," none of Chaplin's feature-length films were actually "silent" films -- he just chose not to speak in them. All the music and sound effects are indeed Chaplin's creation here, though.
("The Great Dictator" was the first full-length film in which he used the "talkie" technology to its fullest.)
("The Great Dictator" was the first full-length film in which he used the "talkie" technology to its fullest.)
By: VeryVito
Re: Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times
Appreciated on the additional info. I'm certainly no expert on the subject. However, this is the first Chaplin film I ever saw (as a young sprout at the age of 12). The man was more than just a great roller skater.
By: spam_vigilante
