A gigantic new work of land art by artist Franck Bonneau (Land’Art & Co) was inaugurated on 11th June 2016 at the Aérodrome de Thise in France. Having been a Chaplin fan since childhood, Bonneau is thrilled to pay homage to Chaplin with this huge portrait, which to our knowledge, at 11330 m² is the biggest portrait of Charlie Chaplin in the world.
By the time Modern Times was released in 1936, talking pictures had been established for almost a decade. The Chaplin archives reveal that Charlie Chaplin contemplated making Modern Times as his first “talkie”, but in the end he used sound effects, sparse recorded voices - like the factory manager on a video-surveillance screen in the men’s restrooms – and his own musical score, which he began working on in 1935.
Later the song SMILE from the film became a classic, still sung and recorded by many.
In the coming days, we’ll publish a new track from the original soundtrack once a day on Youtube so you can listen from anywhere! Subscribe to our Youtube channel and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to keep up with our daily posts.
Coldplay have licensed from our office the use of Chaplin’s legendary final speech from The Great Dictator to open their current “A Head Full of Dreams Tour”.
We’ve uploaded a hilarious new video to our Youtube channel, TheChaplinFilms of Charlie Chaplin without makeup boxing lightweight champion, Benny Leonard, at Chaplin’s studio in 1918. Watch the fun archive footage below. And don’t forget to subscribe to our channel to stay updated on new videos!
Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times will be accompanied by the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, conducted by Timothy Brock, at the Théâtre Firmin-Gémier-La Piscine outside of Paris, as part of the Festival d’Île de France on October 1, 2016.