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Modern Times (1936)

“He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!”

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Plot

In lieu of dialogue, this vision of 1930s urban living is almost entirely backed by sound effects. The unnamed narrator works at an assembly line in a factory, desperately scrambling to keep up with the pace of automated machinery that is ceaseless and unending. His travails leave him battered by a machine and eventually thrown in prison after being mistaken as a left wing protester. He ends up eluding a jail break, being let free by the system, and eventually embarking on a variety of adventures that highlight and parody the rapid changes taking place under the city's rapid industrialization.

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Modern Times is a comedy movie featuring Charlie Chaplin.

Modern Times is currently streaming for free (ad-supported) on Kanopy and it's also available on Criterion Channel, Max and Max Amazon Channel.

It is also possible to buy Modern Times on Amazon Video and Apple TV.