In: Civil Engineering
Both of the films you are discussing are: (Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and René Clair’s A Nous La Liberté ).
1.) Both of these films depict the struggle between Labor and Capital within the context of industrialized production. In each film, explain what the issues of contention are between the two sides (the laborers and the wealthy capitalists), decide which side is favored by each of the two filmmakers and explain how those biases are revealed within each film, and then describe how each of these disputes gets resolved in the end. In your conclusion, draw comparisons and contrasts between the two films in the way they represent workers' rights and business owners' rights.