He
is suitable for general audiences. His hat is flat but his routines fall
upward. He stares at each job without a smile. But the war has arrived. A
Confederate general looks much like a Union general. Their strategies send
everyone in the opposite direction. He has a talent for keeping silent. The
major General is a locomotive. He fills it full of firewood. Railway tracks are
an unparalleled success. The general audience hurtles towards the disaster he
averts. He watches, inexpressively. When generals sign surrenders they look
august. He walks backwards with a dignity that puts them to shame.
1 of 10: 'The General' by Buster Keaton (1926)
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