| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
The criterion collection |
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Criterion collection
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; high definition, uncompressed mono audio; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Note |
Title from sell sheet. |
| Cast |
Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard. |
| Credits |
Music, David Raskin. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. |
| Summary |
When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job. |
| Note |
Special features: audio commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson; two new visual essays; new program on film's visual and sound effects; interview from 1992 with Modern times music arranger, David Raskin; Chaplin today: "modern times" (2004); two segments removed from the film; 3 theatrical trailers; All at sea (1933), a home movie; The rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler; For the first time (1967), a cuban documentary short; and more. |
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Booklet contains essay by film critic Saul Austerlitz and a piece by film scholar LIsa Stein that includes excerpts from Chaplin's writing about his travels in 1931 and1932. |
| Language |
Silent film with intertitles and musical accompaniment. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Factories -- Employees -- Drama.
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Working class -- Drama.
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Depressions -- 1929 -- Drama.
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Tramps -- Drama.
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Comedy films.
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Silent films.
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| Added Author |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
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Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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MK2 Productions.
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| Added Title |
All at sea.
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Rink.
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For the first time.
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| Standard No. |
715515064712 |
| Music No. |
CC1957BD The Criterion Collection |
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