small thoughts

Carli 2022-04-23 07:01:26

With his classic humor and satire, Chaplin once again showed us the sharp contradiction between the masses and capitalists after the industrial revolution. The film is everywhere to show the brand of The Times, from the factory assembly line, the workers can not work to themselves , to the protagonist Shaluo said to the warden before being released from prison whether he can stay in prison, and then to Shaluo all kinds of trouble back to prison, all show the contradictions that continue to this day.

I laughed a lot at the beginning of the film, but I didn't laugh much later, because when you think about it, what's the difference between us now and them 70 years ago

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  • Sylvester 2022-03-24 09:01:24

    The first half is really amazing, the imagination is bursting, it is amazing, the second half is exhausted, and I am a little regretful.

  • Kayla 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    #常看常新# It feels especially appropriate to review this film on another working weekend that has been suspended since the end of May. People are just a small screw in the industrial era, getting involved in the giant wheel of the times and trying to survive. Work hard to make money, work hard to have a real family. The ending is still very positive, and the most touching thing is the joy and sorrow of the little people who the audience can empathize with.

Modern Times quotes

  • A factory worker: [to A gamin] Can you imagine us in a little home like that?

    [dream sequence]

    A factory worker: I'll do it! We'll get a home, even if I have to work for it.

  • Big Bill: We ain't burglars - we're hungry.