Essay On Buster Keaton

The general is a silent movie that is in black and white. It is directed by the main character Buster Keaton. This movie was spent high cost to produce. In the film, the entire scene is real situation (playing in real rail track) and there isn’t any manipulation as it is in an early age of film industry. For example, there was a scene that the bridge is broken. This scene was taken in a real place and the real bridge was broken and this showed the bravery of Keaton is really big as this film spent much on the production than others in the same period of time. And this showed the style of the director is really brave and willing to make something that is unprecedented.
In the movie, there are a lot of jokes; the jokes appeared from situation.
Like attacking by an enemy, or disqualified by the head of the solders. This can show the disconnection of the film character as no relation between the facial expression and circumstances can be seen. This comedy can fully display Keaton’s personality.
I think the intention of the director to produce this film is to relax Americans. As at the time of his production, America is facing some problems. Comedy is the only way that people can relax themselves. And this film is not just providing unrealistic jokes but giving factual jokes which is so admiring. Apart from this, this showed the reality of the world of that time, and which is a reflecting the daily life and the audience can easily be inside the movie.
The style of this movie is relaxing as people can have fun when watching this movie. It can be defined as a comedy. About its acting mood, it seems to be very special comparing to other films. As Keaton did not use fantastic and impossible jokes to make people laugh at him like other same period’s comedy, instead, he used realistic gags to make people feel funny. The whole movie is focusing on the reality to produce and not an imaginative world. This is really a big characteristic of this