The Understanding the Zeitgeist of the 20th century From Moderntimes to the era of Great Dictator
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In study 20th century we seen two movies by Charlie Chaplin 'The modern times' and 'The Great Dictator' to relate the time of century and events and effect of the time as a part of academic activities I am trying to connect some effect of that time.
Modern Times is a 1936 American silent comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a commentary on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depression — conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization. The movie stars Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford and Chester Conklin. It is notable for being the last time that Chaplin portrayed the Tramp character and for being the first time Chaplin's voice is heard on film.
“Modern Times” is Chaplin’s self-conscious valedictory to the pantomime of silent film he had pio-neered and nurtured into one of the great art forms of the twentieth century. Although technically a sound film, very little of the soundtrack to “Modern Times” contains dialogue. The soundtrack is primarily Chaplin’s own musical score and sound effects, as well as a performance of a song by the Tramp in gib-berish. This remarkable performance marks the only time the Tramp ever spoke. Chaplin resisted talking pictures in part because the Tramp’s silence made him understood around the world. However, with the gibberish song, Chaplin ingeniously makes the state-ment that talking in any one language is meaningless in all others, while at the same time allowing the Tramp to “speak” in a way that is universally under-stood. It was the Tramp’s swan song.Chaplin retired the character with“Modern Times.”The genesis of “Modern Times” is rooted in Chaplin’
Industrialization
In 20th century there is mass production of factory and labour and death of craftsmanship like clothes, shoes. Not only 20th century now days also people want branded clothes and prefer factory made in equality in people. In this movie we can see Charlie was factory worker and movie start with sheep and second image crowd of people like sheeple.
Factories and mills were being equipped with new inventions of technology and machines were occupying the human jobs. Due to this unemployment, many people were roaming like sheep without direction. One term is used for one such generation: Lost generation. A word can be used for those people: Sheeple.
Owners and worker have great difference there are like mosquito drink blood of worker everytime mill and factory owners, land owners had nothing to do with much of the hardworking jobs. So they indulge in such leisure activities such as solving jigsaw puzzle and reading newspaper. One more thing can be seen here which is education. Educated people use the resources around them and make more money from brain power. The factory owner is playing puzzle game which is a mindful activity just like playing chess. This difference of mental activity done by rich class aristocrats and physical activity and hardwork done by lower class or poor people makes big social gap between the two classes.
Mechanical life:
In industrial revolution people having Mechanical life in 'The Modern Times' Charlie Chaplin give us many examples to relate with that human work with machine and they become a part of machine in this movie one eating machine came to give demo to owner because worker spend some time for lunch and machine stop for some times. Owner wants to worker only work. machinations of factories left humans as nut and bolts of machine. For technology, humans are nothing but spare parts. Monotonous job of fitting the bolts on assembly line suggest the mundanity of humansOverload of work can make one mad. In order to increase the production in factory, the owner commands to increase the speed of assembly line. This can be seen as today's context that when one has too much load of work, one does overtime in duty in job, and it results in insomnia and imbalance in social relations.
Rich and Poor Divided
Rich and Poor Divided in the society in the movie we see poor became more poorer and Rich became more richer orphan protagonist became thief for food she find shelter for them they are Continuesly find food Charlie get job in departmental store and they enjoy their shelter. Rich first class people having aristocratic life woman with dog home disturbing concept see in this era lifestyle improve on rich people but poor not have home. Poor dream to live happy life with love, food, home money.
At the end of the movie they can give hope to audience.
The double role of Charlie Chaplin makes significant mark in the film. People think that Hynkel is making a speech but it is barber who is giving a remarkable note on liberty and equality. All have equal rights to live peaceful life and earn good wages. No discrimination should take place where all humans are treated equally. Overuse of technology and machines can lead a nations to war and destruction. Humans become a small spare part of machines and become senseless and robotic. This can dehumanize the entire society and then entire world.
Such is the timelessness of Charlie Chaplin's work. It is still relevant to the current time and applicable in many aspects of life.
If we seen bollywood movie and web series many are connected with the time of national how the smuggling play vital role of society and the Gundaraj of the India how the politian support them there some examples of movie and web series how that capturing the today time of india.
Mirzapur is an Indian Hindi-language action crime thriller webseries on Amazon Prime video created by Karan Anshumaan, who wrote the script along with Puneet Krishna & Vineet Krishna. Anshuman directed the first season of the series, along with Gurmmeet Singh and Mihit Desai, who also directed the second season of the series. The series is produced by Rithesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar of Excel Entertainment. The series is Amazon Prime Video's third Indian original after inside Edge and Breath.
The story follows the rule of Akhandanand Tripathi (Pankaj Tripathi), also known as Kaleen Bhaiya, the mafia don and proverbial ruler of Mirzapur in the Purvanchal region of Uttar pradesh. This webseries lead with smuggling of Afeem and the politics of the area how the powerful people control everything and they murder everyone without reason.
This blog discussions on Modern times movie we also seen the smuggling of drugs in jail smuggler put the drug on the salt bottle.
I am choose one movie in the Bollywood the time the cinema was golden period of Hindi cinema because of their Producer choose movie to connect the life of people the age and their events poverty, starvation, criminal how hero become criminal because of situation. Rajesh Khanna was popular and great actor to play this kind of Role and their many movie based on this concept like Roti, Kapda, Makaan, Roti.
Roti movie:
In the 1970s, heroes had a certain set trajectory in every film, rising from the depths of poverty to make something of their life — what came to be understood as ‘formula’. No one perfected that commercial film formula better than Desai.
Roti‘s protagonist is Mangal. Born in abject poverty, the young boy loses his mother when he is unable to bring his mother ek roti — yes, literally one ‘roti’ could’ve saved her. She dies, leaving behind a son who turns to crime.
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