Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times is coming to Blu Ray

Modern Times, the classic 1936 film that marked Charlie Chaplin’s last movie as The Little Tramp is now available for pre-order on Blu Ray from Criterion. 

The movie is already on DVD, but with the Blu Ray, you get a whole slew of new features that might make the purchase well worth it if you’re a Chaplin and/or silent movie fan:

-New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
-New audio commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson
-Two new visual essays, by Chaplin historians John Bengtson and Jeffrey Vance
-New program on the film’s visual and sound effects, with experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt
-Interview from 1992 with Modern Times music arranger David Raksin
-Chaplin Today: “Modern Times” (2004), a half-hour program with filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
-Two segments removed from the film
-Three theatrical trailers
-All at Sea (1933), a home movie by Alistair Cooke featuring Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, and Cooke, plus a new score by Donald Sosin and a new interview with Cooke’s daughter, Susan Cooke Kittredge
-The Rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler highlighting his skill on wheels
-For the First Time (1967), a Cuban documentary short about a projectionist who shows Modern Times to first-time moviegoers
-PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Saul Austerlitz and a piece by film scholar Lisa Stein that includes excerpts from Chaplin’s writing about his travels in 1931 and 1932

More here at Criterion, thanks to Darsh for the tip