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25 August 2024 St-Imier (France)
Charles Chaplin - Modern Times
L'Orchestre des Jardins Musicau conducted by Valentin Reymond - Salle de spectacle
Program Info: Charles Chaplin - Modern Times
Modern Times marks the last appearance of the Tramp, who brought worldwide fame to Charles Chaplin, and who remains a universal fictional character. The world the wanderer leaves is very different from the one he was born into, two decades earlier. At the time, it symbolized the suffering of all the underprivileged in a world emerging from the 19th century. With Modern Times, he faces entirely different trials following the Great Depression. Mass unemployment there coincides with the beginnings of industrial automation. Chaplin is deeply concerned about the social problems of this new age. Unemployment, that is the essential question. Machines should do good for humanity, instead of causing tragedy and unemployment. In Modern Times, he transforms his concerns into comedy. Criticism is violent but it always comes through laughter. An immortal work magnified by exceptional music composed by the film-maker himself.
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