Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times : The Work of Life in the Age of Mechanical Reproducibility Paperback / softback
by Carl Peters
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This book looks at Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece, Modern Times (1936), through the lens of film aesthetics, structure, and post-modern perspective.
The naïve 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 characters in our own "Post-modern Times." Drawing from extensive research and bringing post-modern context to the film through a comparative analysis of Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019), the book introduces how exhilarating a comprehensive study of film can be for engaged viewers.
Illustrating that a detailed filmic reading of Modern Times can be a guide, or an extended case study, for analysing culture, this book will be of interest to students and teachers in film studies, literary studies, and the visual arts.
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- Pages:132 pages, 19 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:27/05/2024
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- ISBN:9781032180267
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Pre-OrderFree UK DeliveryThis title is available for pre-order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:132 pages, 19 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:27/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032180267