Elaine Woo “Modern Times” short critique The movie ‘Modern Times’ (1936)‚ directed by and staring Charlie Chaplin‚ was set during the Great Depression and industrial revolution period‚ where machines and technology were starting to dominate humanity‚ which led to severe unemployment and poverty. Machines were also served as a method to illustrate how people are supposed to deal with fast-paced living‚ when factories were starting to use machines and technology as their main ways to produce‚ and
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Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin is his official name. However the he is more commonly known as Charlie or The Little Tramp. Charlie Chaplin once said‚ “Work is life‚ and I love to live” (brainyquote.com). Work is exactly what Charlie Chaplin did on the set of all his films. His love for work showed in his two most recognized films‚ City Lights and Limelight. City Lights was his most famous sound film done in a silent style and Limelight being his last sound film. Both these films encompassed the romantic
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The Beauty of Silence: A Scene Analysis of City Lights Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 silent film City Lights follows the story The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) who fall in with a Blind Girl (Virginia Cherrill) selling flowers on the side of the street. Unable to see that The Tramp is really a vagrant in gentlemen’s clothing‚ she mistakes him for a wealthy gentleman. The Tramp‚ who has fallen for the blind beauty‚ makes no attempt to correct her. Instead The Tramp attempts to earn money to help the woman he
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romantic comedy film in 1936 by USA‚ is one of the best film i ve ever seen.The film’s leading players are Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddrad. The movie stated in a factory. In this factory‚ I see the type of manufacturing process is repetetive because of i ve seen the assembly line in the film.The factory maybe produces car or some kinds of machines because i saw Charlie Chaplin screws nuts onto pieces of machinery in the film. I think the products that are produced in the factory is maden
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Witch Jessica Lange Her roles she has played exemplify her ability to become the character and to show her flexibility in the type of character she can portray‚ making her a good witch. Witch Diane Keaton I believe that Diane Keaton would be a good witch
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Movie Review Assignment The Immigrant The Immigrant‚ starring (Charlie Chaplin) is a slapstick comedic tale of the voyage to America. The movie makes light of the deplorable conditions that they faced during their trek across the Atlantic and the hardships they faced upon arrival. In the first appearance of Chaplin in the film‚ he is bent over the side of the ship. I like most everyone else thought he was sick‚ but lifts up to reveal that he caught a fish. There are several comical moments
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Buster Keaton is funny – a fact evident from a viewing of The General (Keaton‚ 1926)‚ ninety years on. His mastery over visual comedy: the physical nuances it exemplifies‚ coupled with the deadpan expressions that garnered him the nickname The Great Stone Face‚ are the driving forces behind his continuing appeal. In one of the very first scenes in the film‚ we see Keaton as Johnnie Gray walk up to the house of Annabelle Lee‚ one of the loves of his life – the other being his engine: The General –
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5. How did the film maker of Modern Times view Industrialization? In Modern Times‚ a silent film Charlie Chaplin premiered in 1936 Charlie Chaplin‚ had a socialist view of industrialization but it was seen as extremely radical because Chaplin criticized the government in a comedic way in the movie. His movie portrayed three major concepts of the industrialization the dehumanization of workers who were viewed as part of the profit he targeted at capitalism portraying how capitalist favored only
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the factory of the “Electro Steel Corporation”. The story portrays the demanding life of a factory worker‚ played by Charlie Chaplin‚ who’s job is tightening nuts onto a piece if metal as it moves down the assembly line. There are many factors of Karl Marx’s forms of alienation and exploitation in the workplace shown through the tedious and constant fast-past working style that Chaplin shows in his film. Also the many consequences of the poor working conditions is portrayed throughout the film. The
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This is my semiotics project. The character I used for this project was Charlie Chaplin I made two photoshopped images and one PAPERmache image. I made the paper mache image out of a balloon and newspaper and a few photoshopped pieces of paper that look like a dollar‚ this was the wealthy part of the project. My reason for this was so that my character was literally made of money‚ I even used the part of the dollar with his face on it for his eyes so it gave off the impression that he saw him self
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