[Watching the movie with my wife] The grand master of Jackie Chan's movie

Frank 2021-12-09 08:01:20

Buster Keaton.

This name is what I have noticed. It uses his masterpiece "The General" as an example when "Knowing the Movie" tells the story of the film in the classical mode. This silent film shot in 1927 is full of Jackie Chan's life-threatening comedy action, and it only took 6 weeks to shoot. Keaton often completes complex and thrilling actions at once, and does not broadcast through editing. During shooting, he can still Play polo entertainment.

Keaton rarely uses stand-ins, on the contrary, he often serves as stand-ins for other actors. His few stand-ins are included in the film College (1927). He needed to use a pole to jump to the second floor, so he got the pole vault champion Lee Barnes of the 1924 Paris Olympics to complete this action.

When seeing Jackie Chan's action comedy, I only think of Chaplin in the past, but now I think of Buster Keaton more.

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Extended Reading
  • Dina 2022-03-23 09:01:53

    Not that great, but it's the twenties after all. . .

  • Jannie 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    A lover who doesn't want to join the army is not a good train driver.

The General quotes

  • Johnnie Gray: [to the recruiter who rejects him] If you lose this war don't blame me.

  • Title: There were two loves in his life: his engine and...

    [cut to his sweetheart's photograph]