Charlie Chaplin makes another great comedy feature,based on the difficult times of Depression era.
Charlie Chaplin again plays a Tramp,who now works in an Automobile Assembly-line factory.With the Employers trying various experiments to increase the working hours(Like using a Robot to feed the workers to cut the Lunch time.) and forcing the workers to work at a frenetic pace to meet the Market demands,the Tramp becomes a poor victim,unable to cope up with the Modern Times,nor able to get over the trauma of a Failed experiment on him.
The mentally broke Tramp is sent to a Hospital.After recovering,he has to face more problems as he is unable to find work.Then,he gets jailed for holding a Communist flag.The Tramp loves staying in jail,as he is assured of a daily meals.But,an accidental rescue of the Warden and foiling a prison break,meant that he has to face the Harsh reality of the outside world again.
In one of his attempts to get arrested,he encounters an Orphan girl.The two people,with a common aim-to satiate their hunger;join hands and decide to overcome the various hurdles to survive during the difficult times.
It's not that easy,though-the Orphan gets chased by the Police as she's a minor,while The Tramp is often quite incompetent,even when he gets a few things right,the Orphan's presence will pose a problem to him-yet they fight and are optimistic of a bright future!
Fun,Irony and thought provoking
The Tramp character,naturally provides fun,through his incompetence,but Charlie Chaplin doesn't fail to show through his character,how a normally competent person himself found it tough to survive then.His attempts to get into the Jail,despite not being a criminal,just tells us how difficult people found it difficult to get 2 square meals per day during the Great Depression in the America itself.How merely holding a red flag landed him in Jail,shows how the Americans feared and despised the Communists.He even convinces how the System,with its rules,rather made life difficult for people like The Orphan to survive on their own.
The Silent film has its share of dialogues-extremely sparse though,the one at the beginning and then the Tramp sings,but not in English,he rather utters some Gibberish which with good music passes off as quite a funny song.
Watch Modern Times-there are some films,where it doesn't matter whether they are made in a language alien to you,or like in this case, even no language used at all;this is one Silent film,which you won't regret watching.It's damn funny and as serious as 'Grapes of Wrath',when it comes to portraying the Difficult times of Great Depression era.
Rating:10/10
Charlie Chaplin again plays a Tramp,who now works in an Automobile Assembly-line factory.With the Employers trying various experiments to increase the working hours(Like using a Robot to feed the workers to cut the Lunch time.) and forcing the workers to work at a frenetic pace to meet the Market demands,the Tramp becomes a poor victim,unable to cope up with the Modern Times,nor able to get over the trauma of a Failed experiment on him.
The mentally broke Tramp is sent to a Hospital.After recovering,he has to face more problems as he is unable to find work.Then,he gets jailed for holding a Communist flag.The Tramp loves staying in jail,as he is assured of a daily meals.But,an accidental rescue of the Warden and foiling a prison break,meant that he has to face the Harsh reality of the outside world again.
In one of his attempts to get arrested,he encounters an Orphan girl.The two people,with a common aim-to satiate their hunger;join hands and decide to overcome the various hurdles to survive during the difficult times.
It's not that easy,though-the Orphan gets chased by the Police as she's a minor,while The Tramp is often quite incompetent,even when he gets a few things right,the Orphan's presence will pose a problem to him-yet they fight and are optimistic of a bright future!
Fun,Irony and thought provoking
The Tramp character,naturally provides fun,through his incompetence,but Charlie Chaplin doesn't fail to show through his character,how a normally competent person himself found it tough to survive then.His attempts to get into the Jail,despite not being a criminal,just tells us how difficult people found it difficult to get 2 square meals per day during the Great Depression in the America itself.How merely holding a red flag landed him in Jail,shows how the Americans feared and despised the Communists.He even convinces how the System,with its rules,rather made life difficult for people like The Orphan to survive on their own.
The Silent film has its share of dialogues-extremely sparse though,the one at the beginning and then the Tramp sings,but not in English,he rather utters some Gibberish which with good music passes off as quite a funny song.
Watch Modern Times-there are some films,where it doesn't matter whether they are made in a language alien to you,or like in this case, even no language used at all;this is one Silent film,which you won't regret watching.It's damn funny and as serious as 'Grapes of Wrath',when it comes to portraying the Difficult times of Great Depression era.
Rating:10/10
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