The General (1926)
And so we say goodbye to war movies this month. GLORY & PROPAGANDA comes to an end and Angela won’t miss it but jokes on her because next month’s topic is dystopian futures. The aftermath of GLORY & PROPAGANDA. We’re going deeper into film history for the theme’s farewell in a discussion that is also our only movie this month about the U.S. Civil War. It was almost “Shenandoah” but we figure it might be a good time to visit a Hollywood legend for the first time in his most favored and famous feature. Buster Keaton’s notorious style has survived to this day as a template for high end silent…
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