This post deals with the films “Metropolis”, “Modern Times” and “Chinatown”. In this discussion post I want you to read Robert Darnton’s essay “The Great Cat Massacre” and write a discussion of about 250 words on similarities between cats in the essay and machines in the films. Feel free to use specific scenes from the films to showcase your response. This may not seem obvious with respect to “Chinatown”, but I think that film more than the others shows the tension of moving from a rural to urban economy.
