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- Starring: Paulette Goddard
- Rating: Not Rated
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Format:
(1 Used)
- 2 Release Date: 11/16/2010
- Label: The Criterion Collection
Modern Times [1936] [Criterion] (BLU)
Amoeba Review
Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin's last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette Goddard). With its barrage of unforgettable gags and sly commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression, Modern Times - though made almost a decade into the talkie era and containing moments of sound (even song!) - is a timeless showcase of Chaplin's untouchable genius as a director of silent comedy.
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- Starring: Paulette Goddard
- Format: Black & White, NTSC
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 11/16/2010
- Run Time: 87 minutes
- Catalogue #: 543
Special Features
- New audio commentary by Charlie 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 Interview from 1992 with Modern Times music arranger David Raksin
- Two segments cut from the film - All at Sea (1933), a home movie by Alistair Cooke featuring Chaplin & The Rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler
- For the First Time (1967), a short Cuban documentary Chaplin Today: Modern Times (2003), a program with filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- 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 1930s world tour
- Three theatrical trailers
