31. The General (1927)
US 75m Silent BW
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Producer: Joseph M. Schenck, Buster Keaton
Screenplay: Al Boasberg, Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Photography: Bert Haines, Devereaux Jennings
Music: Carl Davis (1987), Robert Israel (1995), Joe Hisaishi (2004)
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marlon Mack, Charles Smith, Richard Allen, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
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The General is perhaps Buster Keaton’s finest film and shows the great comic of the silent era at the height of his powers. Keaton’s talent lay in his slapstick ability and his famous supposedly “stony face” expression which he gave at moments of great confusion. Currently much of his work is being re-appreciated at the true extent of his comic genius re-evaluated. Unfortunately for Keaton’s career, after the introduction of sound, no one was interested in his comic abilities anymore.
Well, the newly restored MK2 DVD (MK2, September 2004) will not disappoint. No more sepia tones and the image is as sharp as has ever been available on DVD – tack onto that an original score by Joe Hisaishi. For Keaton fans this is the one! — DVD Beaver
Buster Keaton plays Johnny Gray, a Southern railroad engineer who loves his train engine, The General, almost as much as he loves Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack). When the opening shots of the Civil War are fired at Fort Sumter, Johnny tries to enlist — and he is deemed too useful as an engineer to be a soldier. All Johnny knows is that he’s been rejected, and Annabelle, thinking him a coward, turns her back on him. When Northern spies steal the General (and, unwittingly, Annabelle), the story switches from drama and romance to adventure mixed with Keaton’s trademark deadpan humor as he uses every means possible to catch up to the General, thwart the Yankees, and rescue his darling Annabelle — for starters. As always, Keaton performs his own stunts, combining his prodigious dexterity, impeccable comic timing, and expressive body language to convey more emotion than the stars of any of the talkies that were soon to dominate cinema. — AMG review
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