Buster Keaton was arguably the first genius of American filmmaking. We're showing one of best films with a live score performed by Sexy Dex and the Fresh.
In the first years of his filmmaking career, Keaton had almost total control over his films (a rarity in the history of film directors). The General marks the grand finale of Keaton's early golden years. The stunts and effects in this film are the most grandiose and epic that Keaton ever contrived.
"The General is an epic of silent comedy, one of the most expensive films of its time, including an accurate historical recreation of a Civil War episode, hundreds of extras, dangerous stunt sequences, and an actual locomotive falling from a burning bridge into a gorge far below." (Roger Ebert, rogerebert.com)
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