This book looks at Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece,
Modern Times
(1936), through the lens of film aesthetics, structure, and post-modern perspective.
The naïve Tramp character of
is often seen as the embodiment of a revolutionary reaction to his age. However, this study of the film shows that it is not only difficult but also impossible to accept the long-established critical reception of Chaplin’s film and its characters in our own "
Post-modern Times
." Drawing from extensive research and bringing post-modern context to the film through a comparative analysis of Todd Phillips’s
Joker
(2019), the book introduces how exhilarating a comprehensive study of film can be for engaged viewers.
Illustrating that a detailed filmic reading of
can be a guide, or an extended case study, for analysing culture, this book will be of interest to students and teachers in film studies, literary studies, and the visual arts.