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Come watch Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and Berthold Bartosch's The idea at the Interference Archive
Modern Times (1936, 87 min., dir. Charlie Chaplin)
Charlie Chaplin directed and starred as the "Little Tramp" in this satire of industrialized society. The rampant p overty, unemployment, and corruption of social institutions are revealed as Chaplin stumbles from the assembly line, to political demonstrations, to strikes, and prison. Through his comedic clashes with the powers that be, he
refuses to be become part of the machine.
The Idea (1932, 25 min., dir. Berthold Bartosch)
Berthold Bartosch's animated short is based on the Idea, a woodcut novel by printmaker Frans Masereel, pioneer of the "book without words". It depicts a writer who summons forth an idea, symbolized by a nude woman springing from his head. She escapes into the world to challenge the social order. Bartosch, (who collaborated with Lotte
Reiniger on The Adventures of Prince Achmed) used innovative techniques to produce ethereal special effects. The film's haunting
score was the first to use an electronic instrument, the ondes Martenot.
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