Screening #1

The silent film “The General” was very humorous and informative to say the least. Throughout the film, the main character Johnny Grey wants to be enlisted in the war, but is rejected due to the fact he is a valuable engineer. Union spies steal his train, The General, and throughout the movie he single-handedly goes on their territory to steal it back. The movie has very humorous moments, even though it’s a silent movie. The Stunts that were in the film were live stunts that weren’t props, but real dangerous stunts executed as if their weren’t any struggles. Johnny was sitting on the train’s coupling rods which easily could of pulled him in and killed him. Also the camera movements catching the moving train was steady and captured the image well. Overall, the film was executed very nicely and efficiently, making it a very interesting film to watch. I personally I loved it and appreciated it’s music choice and plot.