Title:
Modern times [DVD video]
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Edition:
DVD ed.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
ISBN:
9781604653526
Abstract:
When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but occasional voices emanate from radios and television screens.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson; "Modern times: a closer look" visual essay by Chaplin historian Jeffrey Vance; "A bucket of water and a glass matte" visual and sound effects experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt discuss techniques used in Modern times; "Silent traces: Modern times" visual essay by John Bengtson; "David Raksin and the score" interview with composer David Raksin; "Two bits" deleted scenes; Trailers. Disc 2. "All at sea" 8mm film of weekend voyage with Charlie Chaplin by Alistair Cooke; "Susan Cooke Kittredge" interview with Cooke's daughter; "The rink" Charlie Chaplin's eight film (1916); "For the first time" documentary film by Octavio Cortazar (1967); "Chaplin today: Modern times" documentary by Philippe Truffault (2003). Booklet: "Exit the Tramp" by Saul Austerlitz; "Chaplin sees the world" by Lisa Stein.
Performers:
Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Stanley Sandford, Chester Conklin, Hank Mann, Stanley Blystone, Allan Garcia, Dick Alexander, Cecil Reynolds, Myra McKinney, Murdoch McQuarrie, Wilfred Lucas, Ed le Saint, Fred Malatesta, Sam Stein, Juana Sutton, Ted Oliver.
Contents:
Disc 1. Film -- Commentary / Chaplin biographer David Robinson -- "Modern times : a closer look" visual essay / Jeffrey Vance -- "A bucket of water and a glass matte" featurette / with Craig Barron and Ben Burtt -- "Silent traces : Modern times" visual essay/ by John Bengtson -- "David Raksin and the score" : interview / with composer David Raksin -- Deleted scenes.
Disc 2. "All at sea" : 8mm film of weekend voyage with Charlie Chaplin / by Alistair Cooke -- "Susan Cooke Kittredge" interview with Cooke's daughter -- "The rink" : Charlie Chaplin's eighth film (1916) -- "For the first time": documentary / by Octavio Cortazar (1967) -- "Chaplin today : Modern times" documentary / by Philippe Truffault (2003).
Booklet. "Exit the Tramp" / by Saul Austerlitz -- "Chaplin sees the world"/ by Lisa Stein.
Technical Details:
DVD; region 1, NTSC ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Silent film with English intertitles and musical score; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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All at sea.
Rink.
For the first time.
Chaplin today.