The General (1926)
Buster Keaton’s character helping the Confederate Army hasn’t aged well. Everything else has. This outstanding silent film, a bit of a bomb in its time, still holds up because of its clockwork slapstick and endlessly ingenious mousetrap machinations. We promise you’ll laugh, in joy and relief.
Keaton, “the great stone face” throws his body into impossible violent yet comedic hazards without changing his expression — a skill he developed while being kicked and thrown across vaudeville stages by his father. (Okay, maybe that didn’t age so well, either.)
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