Cover image for Modern times
Title:
Modern times
Author:
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, screenwriter, director, actor, composer.
Edition:
Special edition.
Publication Information:
[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 543

Criterion collection ; 543.
Summary:
When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but occasional voices emanate from radios and television screens.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.

Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson; "Modern times: a closer look" visual essay by Chaplin historian Jeffrey Vance; "A bucket of water and a glass matte" visual and sound effects experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt discuss techniques used in Modern times; "Silent traces: Modern times" visual essay by John Bengtson; "David Raksin and the score" interview with composer David Raksin; "Two bits" deleted scenes; Trailers. Disc 2. "All at sea" 8mm film of weekend voyage with Charlie Chaplin by Alistair Cooke; "Susan Cooke Kittredge" interview with Cooke's daughter; "The rink" Charlie Chaplin's eight film (1916); "For the first time" documentary film by Octavio Cortazar (1967); "Chaplin today: Modern times" documentary by Philippe Truffault (2003). Booklet: "Exit the Tramp" by Saul Austerlitz; "Chaplin sees the world" by Lisa Stein.
Language:
English
Contents:
Disc 1. Film -- Commentary / Chaplin biographer David Robinson -- "Modern times: a closer look" visual essay / Jeffrey Vance -- "A bucket of water and a glass matte" featurette with Craig Barron and Ben Burtt -- "Silent traces: Modern times" visual essay by John Bengtson -- "David Raksin and the score" interview with composer David Raksin -- Deleted scenes.

Disc 2. "All at sea" 8mm film of weekend voyage with Charlie Chaplin by Alistair Cooke -- "Susan Cooke Kittredge" interview with Cooke's daughter -- "The rink" Charlie Chaplin's eighth film (1916) 00 "For the first time" documentary by Octavio Cortazar (1967) -- "Chaplin today: Modern times" documentary by Philippe Truffault (2003).

Booklet. "Exit the Tramp" by Saul Austerlitz -- "Chaplin sees the world" by Lisa Stein.
Subject Term:
Factories -- Employees -- Drama.

Working class -- Drama.

Depressions -- 1929 -- Drama.

Tramps -- Drama.
Genre:
Comedy films.

Fiction films.

Silent films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author:
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977,

De Haven, Carter, 1886-1977,

Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967,

Morgan, Ira, 1889-1959,

Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990,

Bergman, Henry, 1870-1946,

Sandford, Stanley, 1894-1961,

Conklin, Chester, 1888-1971,

Mann, Hank, 1887-1971,

Blystone, Stanley, 1894-1956,

Garcia, Allan, 1887-1938,

Alexander, Richard, 1902-1989

Reynolds, Cecil, 1880-1947,

McKinney, Mira,

MacQuarrie, Murdock, 1878-1942,

Lucas, Wilfred, 1871-1940,

LeSaint, Edward,

Malatesta, Fred,

Stein, Sam, 1905-1966,

Sutton, Juana,

Oliver, Ted, 1892-1957,

Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970,

Powell, Edward B.,

Raksin, David,

Neal, Paul,

Maher, Frank,

Hall, Charles, 1899-1959,

Spencer, J. Russell,

Robinson, David, 1930- ,

Vance, Jeffrey, 1970- ,

Barron, Craig,

Burtt, Ben,

Bengtson, John, 1957- ,

Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004,

Kittredge, Susan Cooke,

Cortázar, Octavio, 1935- ,

Truffault, Philippe,

Austerlitz, Saul. Exit the Tramp.

Haven, Lisa Stein, 1960- Chaplin sees the world.
Added Corporate Author:
Janus Films.

MK2 Productions.

Criterion Collection (Firm)
Added Title:
All at sea.

Rink.

For the first time.

Chaplin today.
ISBN:
9781604653526
UPC:
715515064811
Format :
DVD

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