"Modern Times" is the masterpiece of Chaplin, who was one of the greatest film masters in the last world. I have only heard of "Modern Times" before, and I understand that this film is a silent film, exposing the numb and difficult life of workers under the large-scale machine production of capitalist society. To watch this film in its entirety, it was shown to us by the aesthetics teacher in class. Although it is a comedy, I hardly laughed. What I felt was more sadness and sympathy.
At the beginning of the story, I was very impressed. The first thing that came out was the flock of sheep walking out of the sheepfold, and then the scene changed, it was the crowd of people getting off work in the factory. I think this beginning is very interesting. Together, it seems to compare the crowd running for life to the flock, which is extremely ironic. I googled it, and it said that this is a montage technique. The general content of the story mainly tells that the protagonist Charlo is a worker in an assembly line factory, repeating the same job day and night. His main job is to screw screws. The movements of his hands could not stop for a while. The classmates laughed at this time, but I felt sorry for him. He even had to go to the toilet to smoke a cigarette and was robbed by the capitalists. In one of the scenes, Charlot was asked to experiment with a new product invented by a salesman. At this time, Charlot was tortured not like a human being, but as an experimental machine. It can be seen how humble their status is. In the end, the skinny Charlo was overwhelmed and became insane and was sent to a mental hospital. At the same time, he also lost his job. Soon after, he was released from the hospital, but was mistaken by the police for being the leader of the workers' riot and was thrown into prison. In prison, he was guilty of consuming heroin and causing excitement. A series of absurd Qing festivals occurred in Charlot. On the body, he lived his little life leisurely in prison, and finally he was released early
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