Modern times [dvd videorecording]
Title:
Modern times [dvd videorecording]
Author:
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
ISBN:
9786313849383
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2010.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 543
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 543
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
Features: new audio commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson; two new visual essays, by Chaplin historians John Bengtson and Jeffrey Vance; new program on the film's visual and sound effects, with experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt; interview from1992 with "Modern times" music arranger David Raksin; Chaplin today : modern times (2004), a half-hour program with filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne; two segments removed from the film; three theatrical trailers; All at sea (1933), a home movie byAlistair Cooke featuring Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, and Cooke, plus a new score by Donald Sosin and a new interview with Cooke's daughter, Susan Cooke Kittredge; The rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler highlighting his skill on wheels; For the first time (1967), a Cuban documentary short about a projectionist who shows "Modern times" to first-time moviegoers; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Saul Austerlitz and a piece by film scholar Lisa Stein that includes excerpts from Chaplin's writing about his travels in 1931 and 1932.
Abstract:
A factory worker struggles with monotony and automation at work and falls in love with a café dancer.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Added Title:
Modern times DVD.