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Unspooled

Modern Times

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Paul & Amy crank through 1936's mechanical Charlie Chaplin comedy Modern Times! They praise the film's ever-escalating setpieces, learn why Joseph Goebbels banned it in Germany, and ponder how much the working world has really changed since the 30s. Plus: We hear your recommendations for other silent films to add to the list. For It Happened One Night week, what other romantic comedies do you want to see on the AFI list? Call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your answer. Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Also check out our live Spool Party episodes on youtube.com/earwolf! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:00.0

The year is 1936 and Charlie Chaplin is a real gear head. The movie Modern Time.

0:07.0

Hello everybody and welcome to UnSpool. I'm Amy Nicholson.

0:31.0

I'm Paul Sheer and this is the podcast for each week. We watch one film from the A.F.I.

0:35.0

Top 100 greatest films of all time list to see if they really are as good as people say. Do they hold up and how have they influenced the films that we watch today?

0:44.0

On this episode we'll be talking about Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. It's our last Chaplin on the list.

0:50.0

But before we get into that, we are going to go back and hear what you had to say about the Western Shane.

0:56.0

But even before we do that, Amy, let's let people know that we are doing something that I think is going to be a lot of fun.

1:03.0

Yes Paul, you and I are going to be testing our brains and possibly showcasing how horrible our memories are when we play the Cittafile game night.

1:13.0

You know that card game where it's like matching and thinking in six degrees and who's the doctor and what did they do? Oh my god, it's a lot of pressure.

1:19.0

We're going to play you and me and the two Baraniac men that we have behind the scenes Josh and Devon.

1:24.0

We are going to play Cittafile for charity.

1:27.0

That's right. It's a live stream series that you can follow along with on Twitter at hashtag Cittafile game night.

1:34.0

We'll be raising money for charity. It'll be a lot of fun. So make sure you follow us on Twitter and on Instagram to find out the latest details about this.

1:42.0

But again, it is June 24th 9 PM Eastern 6 PM Pacific and we cannot wait to win. Can we win? Are we competing against each other? I don't know, but we are going to win.

1:54.0

You're going down. I'm team like a your team Clipper. We're going to be too.

2:00.0

Oh, Amy, how dare you bring up basketball right now. You know, I'm so fragile. I can't talk about the Clippers.

2:06.0

Amy, we talked about Shane last week and what did the Facebook group think about this film did belong on the list? Did it not belong in the list?

2:14.0

They chased Shane out of town. Strongly pistols blazing said get out of here Shane. We don't need you. You're no better than the Clippers. This town is fine alone.

2:24.0

I'll let Vanya Ivanov at Sean is bald explained that the general thinking of Vanya rights. Shane got interesting in about the last 10 minutes.

2:33.0

Now we get back story and pay those. This story has been done better with unforgiven and Logan put that on the AFI. I do not care how many white male boomers had an emotional moment with their closed off dads over this.

2:43.0

Take it off.

2:45.0

You know, I. Wow. Strong opinion there. You know, Kelsey Hammer was very excited. Amy that you called out what's my line. She yelled in her kitchen.

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