The General
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General Excitement

Silent 1926 classic, “The General,” screens with a new, live score
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

In case you haven’t seen it, Buster Keaton’s “The General” is one of the greatest movies ever made. No hyperbole needed or used: the movie is the pinnacle of the silent film era, combining some of the most jaw-dropping stunts and hilarious physical comedy ever captured on celluloid. To see a screening of “The General” […]

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Romancing the Train

Quasar Wut-Wut score Buster Keaton’s The General
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

The most expensive scene in silent film history belongs to Buster Keaton’s The General, the highly acclaimed locomotive obsessed caper about a man and his beloved train (and his fiancé, or whatever) at the breakout of the Civil War. The scene involved a single-take of 500 horse-mounted extras from the Oregon National Guard, a dummy […]

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