2. Title: Modern Times.
Country: United States.
Producer: United Artists.
Screenwriter: Charles Chaplin.
Cinematographer: Rollie Totheroh & Ira Morgan.
Composer: Charles Chaplin.
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry
Bergman, Chester Conklin, Stanley Stanford, Hank
Mann, Louis Natheaux, Allan Garcia.
Year: 1936.
Running time: 89 minutes.
3. 1. Inside the History of Industry, when do you think the action of the film
happens?
- I think it happens at the beginning of technology because they use
machines but people do all the process. People have to control
machines because they can’t do the labour by themselves.
2. How is the factory organized? What elements of the industrial process
can you see?
- The factory is organized in parts. One part has the control of everything
in the factory. Another part is composed by wheels. Another part is in
charge of make manual products,…
4. 3. Describe the work in the factory? Is there division of labour?
- As I said before, the factory has different parts. People are the
responsible for the machines. When somebody want to work faster
with machines, another person has to control them.
4. What differences can you notice between working during these times
and working today?
- Working today is easier than working these times because today
machines do all the work instead of people and factories can make
more products, so people can sell more products.
5. 5. Give your opinion about the film. Did you like it?
-I liked it. I have never seen a film without voices. I thought it would be
very boring. I liked it because I think that Charles Chaplin was a great
actor and he did really well his job.
