Probably the most famous film commenting on the twentieth-century technology is Modem Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe the working conditions in industrial Detroit. Chaplin was told that healthy young farm boys were lured to the city to work on automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years, these young men's health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories.
The film opens with a shot of a mass of sheep making their way down a crowded ramp. Abruptly, the film shifts to a scene of factory workers jostling one another on their way to a factory. However, the rather bitter note of criticism in the implied comparison is not sustained. It is replaced by a gentle note of satire. Chaplin prefers to entertain rather than lecture.
Scenes of factory interiors account for only about one-third of Modern Times, but they contain some of the most pointed social commentary as well as the most comic situations. No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor belt, almost losing his mind in the process. Another popular scene involves an automatic feeding machine brought to the assembly line so that workers need not interrupt their labor to eat. The feeding machine malfunctions, hurling food at Chaplin, who is strapped in his position on the assembly line and cannot escape. This serves to illustrate people's utter helplessness in the face of machines that are meant to serve their basic needs.
Clearly, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it does accurately reflect the sentiment of many who feel they are victims of an over - mechanized world
According to the passage, the opening scene of the film is intended .................
Hãy suy nghĩ và trả lời câu hỏi trước khi xem đáp án
Lời giải:
Báo saiAccording to the passage, the opening scene of the film is intended . (Theo bài viết, cảnh mở đầu của phim có ý để )
A. tiết lộ tình trạng những công nhân nhà máy
B. tạo ra một sự liên tưởng đầy ngụ ý
C. giới thiệu nhân vật chính của film
D. đưa ra bối cảnh cho toàn bộ cột truyện sau đó
The film opens with a shot of a mass of sheep making their way down a crowded ramp. Abruptly, the film shifts to a scene of factory workers jostling one another on their way to a factory. (Mở đầu film là cảnh một đàn cừu đông đúc đi xuống dốc. Cảnh tiếp theo là hình ảnh các công nhân nhà máy chen lấn xô đẩy khi đến nơi làm việc =˃ Chaplin muốn người xem muốn tự liên tưởng hình ảnh những công nhân nhà máy như những con cừu đang chen lấn xô đẩy nhau