Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times: The Work of Life in the Age of Mechanical Reproducibility

by Carl Peters

This book looks at Charlie Chaplin's masterpiece, Modern Times (1936), through the lens of film aesthetics, structure, and post-modern perspective.

The na ve Tramp character of Modern Times is often seen as the embodiment of a revolutionary reaction to his age. However, this study of the film shows that it is not only difficult but also impossible to accept the long-established critical reception of Chaplin's film and its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367339838
• ISBN13: 9780367339838
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"