Film Summary Of Modern Times By Charlie Chaplain

Summary of modern times
Modern Times is a silent comedy film produced, directed and written by Charlie Chaplain in 1936. It based during the time of the industrial revolution.
It is a film surrounding the life of a man, Charlie Chaplain, who started as a worker in a steel factory. Charlie is chosen by his boss to test the efficiency of the feeding machine that was brought to him to buy. In the course of testing the machine, it begins to malfunction and this affects the sanity of the steel worker. He had a nervous breakdown and is taken to the hospital where he is treated. He is later discharged after a week and has to begin again because he lost his job in the factory.
While wandering on the streets, a flag falls from a moving lorry. Charlie tries to give back the flag to the driver of the lorry all to no avail because the lorry is moving too fast for him to catch up. Still with the flag, he continues his journey when suddenly he saw a group of people protesting. The police comes to restore peace. Seeing him with the flag, he is thought to be the leader of the communist protest and gets arrested.
One day after lunch he is
mistakenly locked out of the cell and while outside his cell, a group of guys attacks the policemen in a bid to rescue their team mate. Charlie fights with these boys and ends up defeating the bad guys. As a reward for his heroism, he is taken to a very comfortable cell. Against his wish, he is later set free and given a recommendation letter by the police force to enable him get a job.
Bock on the street in search of a job, he comes across a girl who is being chased by the police for stealing a loaf of bread.
Since he wants to go back to prison, he sees this as an opportunity to do so. He decides to take the place of the girl by lying that he was the one who stole the bread. So he is arrested by the police. On their way to the police station, the police finds out that he lied and so he is set free and they go back in search of the girl. Notwithstanding, he goes on to commit crimes like stealing so that he could be arrested. He was eventually arrested and put in the patrol vehicle of the police where he meets the girl who stole the loaf of bread. They become friends on the vehicle and they try to escape. They wander together searching for jobs to survive. He is chased from one job to another and goes to prison a
twice.
During his last stay in prison, his new friend gets a job as a dancer in a restaurant. When Charlie is finally released, she begs her boss to give Charlie a job in the restaurant. Her boss gives him the job on the condition that he sings. He is given a job as a waiter at the restaurant and also as a singer until the police comes to ruin everything by coming to arrest Charlie’s girlfriend. This drives them back on the street on the run.
In as much as modern times is a silent movie, I really enjoyed it. My favorite scene of the film was when Charlie got the job at the restaurant. That night, he was supposed to sing. While practicing with his girlfriend, he forgot the lyrics. So as not to forget while singing, she writes the lyrics on his cuff. He lost his cuff while dancing( which I found really funny) so he had to improvise. Which he did well.