A very short review of a silent film (Keaton's "The General")

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Last week, I sat down to watch a classic in American cinema: Buster Keaton's The General.

I've been working on a slient movie project for a while, and I really enjoy the simplicity of them. I've been watching my way through some classics, including Battleship Potemkin (which you simply must watch if you're into propaganda films, the Russian

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[kargach]

I fell in love with Keaton's films back in college. (Actually, "College" is one of my particular favorites. >8)

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College is also quite good: it was the first of Keaton's one I watched (and it's amazing how much modern college comedies ripped off from it)!