12019-02-03T21:56:31+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b11Modern Times (1936)plain2019-02-03T21:56:31+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bIn 1936, Charlie Chaplin reworked René Clair’s assembly-line gag (see 3.6) for the brilliant factory sequence in Modern Times. Though Chaplin soon found himself embroiled in a lawsuit for stealing Clair’s idea, the revised camerawork produces a very different effect. If Clair’s relentless camera movement suggests that the logic of the series dangerously overwhelms individual differences, then Chaplin’s more sporadic camerawork constantly reminds us of the presence of the human within the mechanical.
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12019-01-28T01:52:12+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bChapter Three: Additional ClipsPatrick Keating343 extra clips for Chapter Threeplain1272019-02-03T22:37:23+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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12019-02-03T21:23:21+00:003.x11 Modern Times1Modern Times (1936)plain2019-02-03T21:23:21+00:00Critical Commons19362019-01-30T17:39:00ZVideoCharlie ChaplinModern Times