We Wait for Freedom

Claire's social satire before immigrating to Hollywood, exposing the mechanical control and exploitation of workers by bourgeois society, with a light comedy style, is an early classic. The film tells the story of two homeless people's different experiences in the wave of industrialization and automation. One became a rich man, while the other was only obsessed with nature. After the protagonist escapes from prison, he builds a record factory (an allusion to EMI). The assembly-line production makes the entire atmosphere similar to that of a prison. This film is the source of inspiration for Chaplin's "Modern Times", and its sharp thinking is no less than Chaplin's film. (The film company once sued Chaplin for copyright infringement. Later, Clare dropped the lawsuit and said, "If I can inspire Chaplin, it would be my honor" and admitted that the tramp in his work originated from Chaplin.) The film was shot without a script and was performed by the actors on the spot. The use of music in the film is groundbreaking and has been hailed as one of the best film scores in film history.