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The General (Silent, English intertitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
August 12th, 2022
Duration
67 min
Cycle
The essentials

Making lists is an activity moviegoers are fond of. Every year, the same ritual: compilation of the ten best films, with comparative analyses, debates, heated discussions. But what about the ultimate list of the most outstanding films in the history of cinema? That is to say, those films that must be seen, those that have forever transformed the art of cinema, but also our way of seeing a culture, of understanding the world as well as our own lives? This program aims to tackle this challenge with nearly eighty films, produced between 1916 and 1960, while waiting for your lists!

The General
Directed by
Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Language
Silent, English Intertitles
Actors
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender
Origins
USA
Year
1926
Duration
67 min
Genre
Adventure, comedy, silent
Format
35 mm
Synopsis

The railroad worker Johnnie shares his life between his fiancée Annabelle and his locomotive, the "General". The Civil War breaks out but he fails to enlist in the army. To prove that he is not a coward, he sets out alone in pursuit of Northern spies who have kidnapped Annabelle and the General.

The General

Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank Keaton known professionally as Buster Keaton, was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He is best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname The Great Stone Face. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema. (Wikipedia)

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