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DVD: Modern Times (1936)
- Total time: 1.5 hours
- Viewed on: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
- Actors: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard and Henry Bergman
- Director: Charles Chaplin
- Writer: Charles Chaplin
- The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Film Review from Catholic News Service:
Charlie Chaplin's insightful fable of man versus machine centers in the artificiality of industrialized society and the anxieties caused by the Depression as Charlie dances his way through the hazards of an assembly line job.
A model of silent comedic technique and refined slapstick humor, the movie marks the last appearance of the Little Tramp character as Charlie takes his final walk down the long empty road, this time in the company of Paulette Goddard, who adds an element of freshness to the plot's old-fashioned romance. (A-I) (G)
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