More from the movie corner of Graziella: Modern Times
This week’s film takes us to the silent era’s comic genius and his bold project of making a silent film in 1936, nearly ten years after the advent of sound! It seemed financial suicide, but Charlie Chaplin’s character the Tramp had never uttered a word on screen and was determined to continue his pantomime. And Chaplin’s mythical critique of a modernity out of control was a smashing success. In fact, Modern Times was not entirely silent. Chaplin experimented with sound effects, which add to the comedy’s ingenuity. In addition to containing some of the Tramp’s best known gags, Modern Times will delight you on account of its subversive and yet moral look on things.
Watch Modern Times on Kanopy here.
