Modern Times (1) saw Chaplin's Modern Times today, and he was deeply touched. Although it is a film with a relaxed humor, I won't be too happy to see its connotation. First of all, a group of workers stand in a row and are carrying out standardized actions. It is simply that capitalists regard people as mechanical and horrible means. People and machinery are the same "things" to them, and there is no need to treat them differently. The protagonist, that is, the role of Chaplin, satirizes all kinds of situations in which mechanized offspring are prone to lose their humanity, as well as situations in which they want to do things seriously but backfire. Of course, he exaggerated a lot, but after Chaplin's humorous technique was presented, it was a pity. No species should be treated like this, let alone people. Speaking of species, let me explain why it is called species instead of human beings. In fact, because I don't think that human beings are different from other species, every species must be treated equally, and there is nothing particularly noble or vulgar, so I decided to call it a species instead of human beings. Now that we have talked about species, let's skip to the last scenes where Chaplin works in a small restaurant. In one scene, he tried to bring a pile of heavy plates to the table, but he tripped over a dog led by a diner. Although he fell, he dutifully carried the plates. This picture shows that the waiter in a restaurant is not even as good as the customer's pet. It reminds me of a stray dog man who was released a few days ago, and it is also a great contrast between people of different classes and dogs to be ironic. Of course, these examples are too numerous to mention. But after reading the relevant ironic results, I gradually became disgusted with people's self-righteous attitude. Let's go back to the factory first. The scariest scene for me was that Chaplin was forced to use "White feed machine" (if I remember the name correctly, it should be this one). Scenes manipulate people like experiments, even if the machinery is out of order or broken, it completely reduces human dignity to a minimum, as if he can kill people at will. Such a terrible topic is even more ironic and helpless under the humorous presentation. Ironically, although the events to be told are serious and terrible, they can be accepted by the audience in a relaxed way, which shows that the overbearing (capitalist arrogance) control method is simply unnecessary. This is also a helpless place, because if you don't present it to the audience in this way, will you find yourself manipulated, will you gather the strength of the group to counter such a society, and will you start to let your voice be heard? I don't think so, so I think this technique is really ironic and helpless. Another clip is that Chaplin continues to work after falling into the gear of a big machine, but under the standardized work, his action becomes a direct reflection action without thinking, so even if he rolls into the gear and meets a woman wearing two buttons, he directly performs his work in a reflection way. The thinking of employees under standardization and industrialization must be completely eliminated, as long as they work mechanically. As for employers and jobs offered by employers, we should respect them and never neglect our duties. Just like Chaplin did not forget to punch in when he was escaping from the police, or when his desk was not in the forest, his friends tried to stop him on the one hand, but when the machine started running, they returned to their posts reflexively, and so on. Too many examples are describing people under the system at that time. They don't need to think about every move, as long as they are like machines. This ironic idea also appeared in many later clips. What impressed me the most was that Chaplin returned to the original factory after being released by the police. Now, all kinds of events that happened while working with the master who repaired the machine show that as an employee, as long as he can work, he doesn't need to think. For example, when the master was stuck in the machine, it happened to be dinner time, so the machine stopped working, and they actually put down their work and began to eat. It shows the terrible scene that the people who are taken care of must completely obey their employers, so even if their lives are at stake, there is nothing they can do. Just because the employers say they want to eat now, the helplessness and powerlessness of the employees who have nothing to say are undoubtedly revealed in this clip. What a terrible mode of social operation! There are several fragments in Modern Times that satirize the ignorance of the police (or superiors) at that time. For example, Chaplin was unexpectedly released in prison but no one knew about it. What is more exaggerated is that he saved some policemen unintentionally, so he was rewarded, that is, he was released. This conversation when he was released was also wonderful. Because Zhuo didn't want to leave the prison, he asked the police officer to let him stay, which was finally made by a "good card guarantee". However, after Zhuo left, he kept trying his best to return to the prison, such as eating overlord meals, smoking overlord cigarettes, and even blaming others on himself. It's really ironic. In addition, ironically, there are many homeless orphans, which can only be banned by police cars that have been standing by, but there are no supporting measures to train these orphans and let them get rid of the road of wandering. The more police cars appear in the film, the more incompetent they are. There is an impressive scene about Chaplin working in a restaurant, that is, he worked hard to deliver meals to guests, but he was surrounded by a group of guests crowded on the central dance floor, and it took a lot of effort to deliver meals. This picture reminds me of a coolie manipulated under capitalism, completely in the hands of a group of capitalists, manipulated helplessly like a puppet, but without any room for change. The two men hand in hand to face the long and manipulated road in the future. Although there are some companions, this kind of life doesn't seem to change much, because this is a capitalist society, and the voices of the lower classes can't be heard, but the road still has to go. As long as there is hope, I am afraid it is the last encouragement given by the film!

Modern Times Review (II) Modern Times is an excellent work of Charlie Chaplin, because it transcends other tragic works with his personal characteristics as the selling point, and instead reflects some important social problems at that time. He used funny forms to make people feel uneasy in a relaxed atmosphere. This film describes the conflict between man and machine. The background is the wave of unemployment caused by the mass dismissal of workers in American industry because of switching to machines, and the protagonist Charlie is a tragic representative of this era: he is insane on the accelerating conveyor belt production line, caught by huge machine gears, and constantly fanned by a broken feeding machine with a sad and frightened face. These images all reflect the fear and blow brought by the machine age. Finally, Charlot lost his job, and he joined the flood of job hunting; Even the person who unintentionally led the demonstration movement can't change his poor fate in the end. The only best place not to worry about life is prison, so in order to go to prison, Charlie took the initiative to take the fall for others. However, contrary to expectations, he can't go to prison, but every cloud has a glimmer of hope for the love of the girl he helped. Although real life is hard, we should live with hope. Therefore, at the end of the film, Charlot motioned for the girl to change her serious expression and look for a new life with him full of expectation and joy. I was deeply impressed by the scene in which the hero Charlie was rolled in and out by the machine and the scene in which the tool man numbed by the assembly line tried to tighten the nuts on the nose and buttons. At the beginning, the close-up of the internal gear operation of the big clock clearly described the mechanized social order in the society at that time. Although the historical background described in his films is the era when capitalism gradually moved towards monopoly in the 1930s, that era was tragic for the lower classes in capitalist countries. Facing the arrival of the machine age, they can only feel at a loss. And Charlie's wandering life after he first got out of prison. When most people are unemployed, it is even more difficult to find a job, so Charlie once again enters the prison for free food and accommodation. How helpless and bitter this is. However, Charlie and the girls he helped never lost hope in life. They dream of having a beautiful home and living a life without hunger. Through the description of the bitter life of the little people in the capitalist industrial era, the film makes people laugh with exaggerated and funny behaviors and falls into a reflection on the cruel reality of society. After watching the movie, I began to feel how happy our life is now. Although we have not experienced the capitalist era, our development now has also taken many capitalist models. For example, in Guangdong province, where the economy is developing at a high speed, there is a certain process of assembly line growth, a long-term use of the same working mode, a huge unemployment crisis, and the living environment of many migrant workers is also very bad. Therefore, the significance of modern embodiment should make everyone reflect. Although we can't say "be prepared for danger in times of peace", we should strive to create a beautiful and peaceful society. Agree 0| Comment