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Lyla 2022-03-25 09:01:08

A classic silent film by comedian Buster. The movie "The General" tells the story of a southern train driver who went deep into the enemy camp alone in order to rescue his lover and became an excellent soldier. From the perspective of story development, Buster's stories are relatively simple, and the elements are basically the same as in "Sherlock Holmes II". The male protagonist who is misunderstood in love is also a small person who wants to achieve his goals on his own. He is obstructed and even clumsy in the development of the story, but he always overcomes difficulties in one lucky coincidence and finally wins a happy ending. . Simple aside, there are lessons to be learned from Buster's comedy stories, and his characterization of the characters of the times is a timeless skill. But it's not really high-end in the moment with coincidences and body language embarrassing jokes.

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  • Hoyt 2022-03-21 09:01:54

    Outline + improv + editing, almost all of the actual shooting, many dangerous scenes were passed, Keaton wrote and directed it himself, only eight weeks of shooting, and there was still time to play baseball. In this way, it has become a model of action comedy/classical story, in which a large number of conflicts and resolutions seem to be at will, and one person becomes a play.

  • Noelia 2021-12-09 08:01:20

    The first person to come up with these links was awesome, and the rest became plagiarism.

The General quotes

  • [last title card]

    Title: Heroes of the day.

  • Annabelle Lee: Aren't you going to enlist?