The General

By Thomas 2022-03-25 09:01:08

Movie Notes 011: The General

Narrative:
The male protagonist, as a train driver, was inspired by his lover to enlist in the army, but was rejected because of his career. His girlfriend's father and brother misunderstood him and left him alone. The Northern Army spy carjacked the car and had a girlfriend. He chased after him and chased him all the way to the south to rescue his girlfriend and rushed back to report the news. All the way to safety, obstructing the enemy, reporting news, helping to repel the enemy,...

By Leo 2022-03-25 09:01:08

General

[BBC selected the top ten comedies in film history] No.10 Movies nearly a hundred years ago. This is my first time watching a silent film from start to finish. The advantage of watching a silent film is that you don’t have to stare at the subtitles to read the lines, and you can focus on the performance of the actors wholeheartedly. But in fact, the actors did not show very exaggerated body movements. The two most impressive episodes, Ge Lei signed up for the army and the housekeeper split...

By Lyla 2022-03-25 09:01:08

Ok

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...

By Creola 2022-03-25 09:01:08

Master, I am late!

Forgive me because I know the master only because of Jackie Chan, and I only recently read the master's works seriously.

Then there is a small burnt hole on the clever tablecloth so that the male protagonist can see the female protagonist.

Pushing boxes all the way is fun.

He dreamed of becoming a soldier, but was refused to join. After chasing trains, saving people, and reporting news, he was finally accepted to become a soldier.

"Professional" fits...

By Edna 2022-03-25 09:01:08

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If there is a detailed analysis and discussion of comedy, this attempt must be somewhat out of tune with the atmosphere created by the film. But classic movies are always not afraid of interpretation, and the more they are interpreted, the more attractive they are.

Movies and novels are not the same thing. If the story is not fully presented to the audience within the limited time, according to the traditional point of view, there is a great risk of not being understood. The integrity...

By Sandrine 2022-04-24 07:01:06

A movie from 90 years ago is now fortunate to see. Over the past century, the movie has been so simple, concise and hilarious at first. A generation of comedy master Keaton left us an indelible work, a film genius on a par with Chaplin. The full narrative and wonderful interpretation of "The General" brings the power of silent films to the extreme. Watched from beginning to end without blinking, I couldn't bear to miss a single detail. The chasing and escaping of the train is fast-paced, and...

By Demond 2022-04-24 07:01:06

Although Keaton shares the same focus on action as Chaplin, Keaton clearly uses a lot of composition, mobilizing the presence of the camera and making it more cinematic. But what really made Keaton like a real filmmaker was the money he spent. That train that fell from the bridge, which was really scrapped, heralded the loneliness of Keaton's film career, but it also heralded the future direction of cinema as an expensive...

By Calista 2022-04-24 07:01:06

Exciting...

By Izaiah 2022-04-24 07:01:06

It's so cute, it's so coherent that it tests the audience's memory... I found that not only the movies today, but all the cartoons I liked when I was a kid, are half from Keaton (the other half from...

By Gilberto 2022-04-24 07:01:06

"The Grudge" Buster Keaton's classic silent film. Buster Keaton's acting style is slightly different from Chaplin's, not as exaggerated as Chaplin's. The whole story takes place on railroad tracks and trains, which is relatively rare in the silent film...