MODERN TIMES 35mm Restoration: December 26th!

[bankholdup]

http://www.kino.com/moderntimes/

Chaplin's masterpiece is getting a makeover and a re-release to select theatres across the country.

Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/modern_times/

Here is a listing of the theatres it is playing in:

Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, TX - December 12 2003
Music Box Theatre - Chicago, IL - December 25, 2003
Oak Street Cinema - Minneapolis, MN - December 26, 2003
Ken Cinema - San Diego, CA - December 26, 2003
Castro Theatre - San Francisco, CA - December 26, 2003
Brattle Theatre - Cambridge, MA - December 26, 2003
Film Forum - New York, NY - December 26, 2003
Dobie Theatre - Austin, TX - December 26, 2003
Cinematheque Ontario - Toronto, ON - January 24, 2004
Denver Film Society - Denver, CO - January 30, 2004


If you live on those areas, do yourself a favor and check it out. Unfortuntely, I won't be able to (damn you, Jersey!). It's one of my all-time favs.

[jolanar]

I don't mean to be hatin on all you classic lovers, but I don't possibly see how this can be entertaining.

[Invincible]

Originally posted by jolanar
I don't mean to be hatin on all you classic lovers, but I don't possibly see how this can be entertaining.

Ditto.

[Folco]

I also can't see how Band of Brothers or T2 could be of any entertainment, but you know, it's a crazy world we live in! etc

I hope this re-release comes here to Brazil, but I wished they had picked my actual favorite Chaplin flick, City Lights. That ending gets me teared up every freaking time I see it.

[Jon Lyrik]

Originally posted by jolanar
I don't mean to be hatin on all you classic lovers, but I don't possibly see how this can be entertaining.

Why is that?

[blankpage]

I'd go, but I guess Canada's capitol doesn't need this film.

[jolanar]

Why? Well I can't really put words to it beyond the fact that just because the fact is has Charlie Chaplin, is in black and white, and really old doesn't automatically make it a good movie. Infact I bet there will be a bunch of people who see it for those reasons, will think it sucks and will be afraid to bash it because it's a "classic."

[blankpage]

Originally posted by jolanar
Why? Well I can't really put words to it beyond the fact that just because the fact is has Charlie Chaplin, is in black and white, and really old doesn't automatically make it a good movie. Infact I bet there will be a bunch of people who see it for those reasons, will think it sucks and will be afraid to bash it because it's a "classic."

......and?


It's a classic for one reason, my friend.


PEOPLE LOVE THIS MOVIE AND THINK IT'S BRILLIANT.


Sure, having Charlie Chaplin in it does help, but all this b&w shit doesn't matter. People enjoy a movie because it's good, not because it's in b&w.

[jolanar]

PEOPLE LOVE THIS MOVIE AND THINK IT'S BRILLIANT.

Lets see how much money it makes then.

[Folco]

Originally posted by jolanar
Lets see how much money it makes then.

So your opinion on how good a movie is, is decided by how much money it makes? That's pathetic.

Two recente examples:
"Attack of the Clones" is one of the biggest money makers of all times and it stinks.
"Punch-Drunk Love" bombed at the box office and it is amazing.

Money has nothing to do with quality, money has to do with the movie's appeal to 13-year-olds.

"Modern Times", even if you end up not enjoying it, has a lot of quality, objectively speaking, and stood the test of time. It was released 70 years ago and people still talk about it and love it.

And by the way, it WAS a success in it's release. Today, though, I doub it will be, because cinema has been dumbed down, and anything that doesn't feature boobs and explosions is not accepted by a large audience.

[Invincible]

Originally posted by Folco
I also can't see how Band of Brothers or T2 could be of any entertainment, but you know, it's a crazy world we live in! etc


Well lets see....

Band of Brothers - Great war drama directed by Tom Hanks, produced by Spielberg.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: directed by James Cameron, a sci-fi masterpiece. :o

[jolanar]

So your opinion on how good a movie is, is decided by how much money it makes? That's pathetic.

I said entertaining, not good.

[Folco]

Originally posted by Invincible
Well lets see....

Band of Brothers - Great war drama directed by Tom Hanks, produced by Spielberg.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: directed by James Cameron, a sci-fi masterpiece. :o

Band of Brothers wasn't really directed by Hanks, he only did one or two episodes; the ones he did sucked the most, and the others seemed like a "Saving Private Ryan" rip-off variation. Melodramatic, dumbed down, "hey, look at that sad patriotic story about those men that suffered *cue john william-ish soundtrack to show pain and death* oh my god tears! Ok, enough of the drama crap lets kick in some cool shaky shots of people dying and move on", etc.

T2 is ok, I guess, if you're like 14. It grows tamer with age.

Originally posted by jolanar
I said entertaining, not good.

The definition of "entertainment" has been changed to "shit load of special effects and fart jokes" these days, so it depends.

[blankpage]

Originally posted by jolanar
Lets see how much money it makes then.


It's already made a lot of money. Plus, this isn't a blockbuster (better than a classic) movie. Limited theatres. And no, not because it's shitty.

[bankholdup]

The ending always puts a smile on my face. When Chaplin tells his lady to smile, and they walk away. Beautiful stuff. Also, the poster where they are laying down is wonderful...I must get it.

I put that on the Criterion dvd cover I made (check out dvd forum).

[Nate6]

I'd kill to see this movie in a theatre...I guess I need to move to Toronto...:(

[RicochetShaw]

Sweet! If only it was playing in Dallas.....

Hmmm, perhaps I'll drive down to Austin during Christmas Break. I must see this! It's in my top 10.

[randythetool]

Woo, I'm there when it's in Houston. Not often do you get the chance to see one of the greatest movies ever made the way it was intended to be seen.

[Arlius]

I've seen it before in a theater. It was hilarious. I've seen just about all of his films in a theater, most of them with an organist playing the music. Modern Times, however, has it's own soundtrack. It's not entirely a "silent film". It's a fun experience if you're into that kind of stuff.