Modern Times (1936) / AvaxHome

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is Charlie Chaplin's last silent film. I like it a lot because it is one of the great actor's least dated films. It is witty and funny but also incredibly sad film, in a lot of ways depicting successfully the type of world we are currently living in - obsessed with productivity and corporate profits. The Tramp is a factory worker. He suffers a nervous breakdown and ends up in prison where he accidentally swallows some cocaine and then prevents a group of inmates from escaping. Eventually, much to his disappointment he is released back into society where people are rude and food expensive. While wandering around, the Tramp meets a beautiful homeless girl (Paulette Goddard) and immediately falls in love with her. After spending some time together, the two begin fantasizing about having a place they could call home. Convinced that anything is possible with hard work and determination, including saving enough to buy a home, the Tramp gets a job as a night guard in a large department store. A day later, he is fired. The Tramp gets a new job in a large industrial plant but the workers go on strike demanding better wages. While attempting to leave the plant, he is arrested and sent back to prison. Meanwhile, his girlfriend is offered a job in an upscale restaurant. A week later the Tramp is released. His girlfriend greets him in front of the prison and informs him that he can work with her in the restaurant - at least she hopes so. The Tramp meets the owner and he agrees to hire him as a waiter and singer. For the Tramp and his girlfriend life could not be better. But once again everything that could go wrong goes terribly wrong - the Tramp frustrates a wealthy customer and then causes an enormous mess in the restaurant. Two policemen also appear to arrest the Tramp's girlfriend, who is wanted on charges of burglary. Modern Times was the last of the Tramp films. It was also the film that gave the notorious House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA) the confidence to speculate that Chaplin might be a communist sympathizer (it was the famous scene in which the Tramp gets arrested in front of the industrial plant where workers and policemen clash that made a lot of people in Washington nervous). J. Edgar Hoover even ordered the FBI to monitor Chaplin and keep detailed secret files on him. Though Modern Times houses a strong dose of social criticism, it is certainly not a political film. Rather, it is a witty film that satirizes an industrial society obsessed with productivity, profits, and growth – much like contemporary America. There are strong romantic overtones in Modern Times as well - most of which unfortunately take away from the serious message the film was supposedly meant to deliver. The Tramp's factory exploits, for instance, feel rather awkward next to the prolonged casual romantic scenes in which he tries to impress his girlfriend. Modern Times is one of my favorite Chaplin films because its narrative constantly evolves – it is a hilarious, sad, serious, and at the same time genuinely romantic film with incredible energy. I also like it because it is arguably the most honest and unglamorous of the Tramp films, and just as relevant today as it was in 1936.