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The General (General) 1926 This
film broke my watch again record of. This is a movie released in 1926, earlier than the "Metropolis" I watched two days ago. The more you watch old movies, the more you understand a truth-a good movie will never go out of style. This film is also listed as part of IMDB250.
The protagonist of the movie is a train driver. A young man only loves two things-trains and beloved girls. When the Civil War broke out, the young man was not allowed to join the army, not because the young man had insufficient conditions, but because he continued to be a train driver to be more effective. But the beloved girl abandoned him because he did not join the army. One day, the enemy's people robbed the young man's girl and the train, the General. He didn't know that the girl was on the train. He chased the enemy camp all the way for the train and rescued the girl and the train. After returning to our barracks, the young man told us the enemy's plan. As a result, our army won a big victory, and the young people also gained military ranks and became real soldiers. In the end, the train and the beauties have both, the young man is proud of the spring breeze, and the film is over.
I used to watch silent movies, except for "Metropolis", mostly Chaplin's movies, this is the first time other people's works. Therefore, I have tasted different styles. First of all, the background of the story is placed in the south, and the environment is not a metropolis but a rural town; secondly, this is a war theme, only the enemy and the enemy, there is no too complicated relationship between victory and defeat; third, the plot becomes simple , Only the story of the girl and the train. In my mind, only Chaplin's silent film is a classic. After watching this film, I discovered that there are still many things that I don't know. Really thank IMDB for making me familiar with many movies. In addition, silent films cannot always watch Chaplin movies. It is necessary to change the style.
In addition to the above differences, this film and Chaplin's film still have many similarities. First, the protagonist of the story is also a small person, a small person struggling in the bottom society. Train driver is a very ordinary profession, a slightly technical but not very eye-catching profession. Until now, this profession has been nothing more than a worker in the eyes of ordinary people, let alone nearly ninety years ago? Second, outside of the normal plot line, this movie still has a lot of funny scenes, and it is more funny than Chaplin's movie. In the process of watching, there are many scenes that make me laugh. Many scenes in the film are very cleverly set up. Obstacles and removals on the train tracks, the scenes of rescuing the girls late at night, and the battle scenes are extremely fun. Looking at so many well-designed images in the film, it is really admirable to think that such a realistic movie could be shot in the 1920s. Moreover, I have been thinking about a question, how did they do it?
What surprised me most about this film is the picture and the way it was shot. It is more difficult to shoot than other silent films, because 80% of the scenes in the film are in motion, all on the train. Watching the pictures carefully, you can know that the scenes on the train are completely real, not the kind of fake pictures built up by the setting. Chasing and counter-chasing on railroad tracks, setting up obstacles, removing obstacles, firing cannonballs, and passing water towers, all happened in real life. I don’t know how many kilometers the train traveled in order to make this movie. There is another big scene in the movie-the train passes the burning bridge and the whole train falls into the river! I was able to shoot such a large-scale picture in the 1920s, and I really dare to do it-the boss dares to pay, the actors dare to shoot! They don't know, in that era of underdeveloped technology, it is easy to get injured?
Finally, I have to mention the music of this film. There is very little dialogue in silent films, and music is needed to supplement the plot. The music of this film is perfect in this respect, and the rendering and sound effects of various plots are done very well. The most worth mentioning is the battle scene in the picture. The combination of music and picture is seamless, especially the sound effect when shooting is too realistic. I now feel more and more how amazing the music in the silent film era is. Without them, the silent film would not be able to be watched at all!
After checking the information, I knew that the actor Buster Keaton was the director and screenwriter of the film, a gifted man! Not to mention his performance, he is known as "Sneakers", which is basically expressionless, but it has also become his style. The heroine Marion Mack, there is no information about her on the Internet, and I don't know who she is. She is not beautiful, and the role she plays is not the appearance of a rich lady, otherwise she would not be put into a sack as something, or carried around like a ball. However, her image fits this role perfectly, and the choice of choreographer is correct.
In short, a classic that is even better than Chaplin's movie, and that everyone still likes it nearly ninety years later is the best proof. Regardless of regret for life.
Serial:
0448 TLF.IMDB.Top137. General.the.general.1926.BD.MiniSD-TLF
2011-07-14
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