In this 2010 visual essay, John Bengtson, author of “Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin,” tours the locations used in MODERN TIMES through photographs, vintage maps, and film clips, revealing what Chaplin’s camera captured of the backdrop to the silent era and how things have changed.
In this 1992 interview, film and television composer David Raksin, best remembered for his theme music for the film LAURA (1944), recalls the four months he spent with Charlie Chaplin arranging the music for MODERN TIMES. Also presented is a nine-minute piece of the original orchestral track, fro...
In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film, presented here, documents one audience’s response to its first film: Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES.
This documentary, produced by Philippe Truffault in 2003, places MODERN TIMES in historical context and includes the personal observations of filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
