Producer

Joseph M. Schenck

2: briefs
13:00: average
26 min: in total

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Sherlock, Jr.

Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle · 1924

A 1924 silent comedy starring Buster Keaton as a projectionist who dreams himself into the film he is screening. Directed by Keaton and Roscoe Arbuckle (under pseudonym), it uses in-camera tricks, exact camera positioning, and structural repetition to explore cinema’s grammar — not as metaphor, but as physical system. Its dream sequence remains a landmark of formal invention, prioritising spatial logic and editorial precision over character or emotion.

13:00

The General

Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman · 1926

Buster Keaton’s 1926 film The General is a romantic comedy-war film set during the American Civil War, co-directed with Clyde Bruckman. Starring Keaton as a Southern railroad engineer, it follows his pursuit of a stolen locomotive and his estranged sweetheart across Oregon landscapes shot with period-accurate trains and practical stunts. Though poorly received on release, it is now widely regarded as a landmark of cinematic craft — precise, physically coherent, and emotionally restrained.