019 represent the general ( 1927 ) release 2/5/1927 and view 8/17/05 . kevin represent after much talk of the genius of buster keaton and his seminal masterpiece and we finally convince our parent to watch the general with u and on the condition that they must be suck in within the first 30 minute . no problem . many of the best gag in the film be in the first half hour and include the bit with the plank of wood and and keaton gut bust deadpan double take to yet another bizarre mishap and which have all of u laugh . it do not take long before both my folk be totally into the film . there be quite a few gag that i would forget about and mostly stuff after the bridge collapse and like the gag with the faulty sword . even so and look back on the piece and i would say that this be one of those movie where there not a single wasted moment in the entire picture . from start to finish and it perfect . doug represent we watch keaton the general before in film expression class and and it be thanks to this that we have so many keaton film on the agenda . still and although the navigator and sherlock jr. be excellent and they still do not quite measure up to keaton crown achievement . we actually show this movie to our parent and and they be impress too ( okay and mom fell asleep and but dad love it ) . dad favorite part be also mine and the part where keaton sit down in the conductor seat to find an obstruct rail car that he just dispose of have miraculously reappear and and then a moment later he sit down to find that the car have vanish once again . the subtle tic on his face at this moment be absolutely priceless . not just the surprise and but the frustration of why do this keep happening to me . another of my favorite scene be when keaton knock an obstruct beam off the track with another beam . mom be like and i wonder how many take that take and to which i respond and you only get one . we recently be show this film in our history of silent film class and and our textbook have a section compare the general with chaplin gold rush ( compare gold circular style with general linear style and contrast their approach to woman and and so forth ) . last film view represent metropolis ( 1927 ) . last film chronologically represent the kid brother ( 1927 ) . next film view represent college ( 1927 ) . next film chronologically represent it ( 1927 ) . the movie odyssey be an exhaustive and chronological project where we watch a many milestone film a possible and start with d. w. griffith intolerance in 1916 and work our way through and year by year and one film at a time . we also write a short review for each and every film . in this project and we hope to gain a deep understanding of the time period and the film of the era and and each film in context and while at the same time just watch a lot of great movie and most of which we never would have watch otherwise .