"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 is mainly 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 the leader of the workers' riot and was thrown into prison. In prison, he was convicted for ingesting heroin and causing excitement. A series of absurd Qing festivals occurred in Charlot. , he lived his little life leisurely in prison, and at last he was released early, when the warden said to him: When "you're free", he said, "Can you lock me up for a few more days, I'm doing well here." I'm not surprised to see this, on the contrary, this is exactly what I expected, maybe In those absurd times, there would be such absurd ideas as Charloh. Indeed, he was not as comfortable outside as he was in prison, at least not having to worry about hunger. After he was released from prison, he lived in a larger cage, in which the rich could do whatever they wanted, and the unemployed were homeless. Later, he met the heroine who was also wandering. Their first encounter was when the hostess stole a loaf of bread because of hunger. After being discovered by the host, she bumped into Charloh while escaping. At this time, Charloh was thinking about how to go back to prison, so he Picked up the loaf of bread and told the police that he stole the bread, and was caught by the police in the car. After a while, the girl was also taken to the car. Charlo gave the only seat to the girl. At this time, I felt Charlot is such a nice guy, really a gentleman. Later, the two experienced many adventures together. Charlo took the heroine to the mall to eat cakes, play roller skating, and let the heroine sleep on a comfortable bed. It can be seen that he is really kind to the heroine. The heroine also gradually fell in love with Charlo. They also fantasized about having a warm little home. Later, they built a wooden house, although it was very dilapidated. But they are happy and content. At the end of the film, Charlo and the heroine lost the jobs they had just found, and the two embarked on the road of escape again, but the title of this one is Dawn, what Chaplin wanted to express should be that he hoped that they would walk in the dawn. on the road. when! When Charlo saw the female protagonist frown, he told her that she should smile and never give up. Looking at their distant backs, I felt that dawn was coming.
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