Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times
Author | : Carl Lynden Peters |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2021-11-30 |
Genre | : Modern times (Motion picture) |
ISBN | : 9780367339838 |
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This book looks at Charlie Chaplin's masterpiece, Modern Times (1936), through the lens of film aesthetics, structure, and post-modern perspective. The naïve Tramp character of Modern Times is often seen as the embodiment of a revolutionary reaction to his age. However, this study of the film shows that it is not only difficult but impossible to accept the long-established critical reception of Chaplin's film and its characters in our own Post-modern Times. Drawing from extensive research and bringing post-modern context to the film through comparative analysis of Todd Phillips's Joker (2019), the book introduces how exhilarating a comprehensive study of film can be for engaged viewers. Illustrating that a detailed filmic reading of Modern Times can be a guide, or an extended case study, for analyzing culture, this book will be of interest to students and teachers in film studies, literary studies, and the visual arts.