Fifty Before '50: THE GENERAL
by JBI will tell you the story of this remarkable film, the tale of “The Eleven Dips,” and much else besides. Very few silent films are released on physical media these days. We should celebrate those golden oldies that do get a proper disc release. Even rarer is a silent film on 4K. When that happens, we should really throw a party. I am currently mixing drinks, blowing noisemakers, and throwing confetti over the release of Buster Keaton’s masterpiece, The General, on 4K Blu-ray.THE PLOT IN BRIEF: Southern train engineer Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) wants to join the Confederate cause in the…
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