Modern Times

by Joan Mellen

Overview

Modern Times was Charlie Chaplin's last full-length silent film. The author situates 'Modern Times' within the context of Chaplin's life work, exploring its history and influences. She explores how the film's themes of oppression, industrialization and dehumanization are embodied in the little tramp's struggle to survive in the modern world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838717186
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2019
Series:	BFI Film Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	88
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Joan Mellen is professor of creative writing at Temple University. She is the author of the BF Film Classics on Seven Samurai and in the Realm of the Senses, as well as several works of biography, fiction, and literary criticism. Her latest book is A Farewell To Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination and the Case That Should Have Changed History (2005).
Joan Mellen is Professor of Creative Writing at Temple University, USA. She is the author of the BFI Film Classics on Seven Samurai and In the Realm of the Senses, as well as several works of biography, fiction, and literary criticism. Her latest book is A Farewell To Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination and the Case That Should Have Changed History (2005).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

... audience friendly laughs mixed with a social and political context ... undoubtedly for all those film fans who appreciate the art of the silent movie and what went into crafting such a complex piece of entertainment ... Mellen really has excelled herself ... ' – Filmwerk