EdgeCode: (Post) Modern Times

EdgeCode: (Post) Modern Times

| 5 min

This short experimental film riffs on the conventions of silent cinema by examining Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times within the context of postmodern culture. It explores an integrated relationship between music and cinematic structure in response to the perceived shortcomings of postmodernism.

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EdgeCode: (Post) Modern Times, Brian Johnson, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Brian Johnson
  • producer
    Svend-Erik Eriksen

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