Ideas

I have decided to expole Charlie Chaplin for my film studies research project.  i have watched some of his films and read a little about him.  I am interested by his politics and the coments he was making about society and the world in which he was working.  I have decided that my focus will be Modern Times (1936) because of its direct comments about the industrialisation of the US - it is his last silent film and also the last in which he appears  as the iconic tramp (13). The other two supporting films will be:  1) The Kid (1921) because it is his first long film, 60min,  and is regarded as both a personal and political work in which the theam of supporting the underdog is clearly established  2) The Great Dictator (1942) because of its overt attack on Hitler.