Lecture 2: Keaton (2007)

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Description: Continues the discussion of the evolution of early film, centering on D.W. Griffith and Buster Keaton, whose 1927 masterpiece The General is seen as a culmination of the Silent Era.

Instructor: David Thorburn

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  • The Fred Ott Principle (contd.) (0:14:59)
  • The Great Train Robbery (00:11:59)
  • The Lonedale Operator (0:06:42)
  • Buster Keaton (0:06:26)
  • The multiplicity principle (0:08:10)
  • The General (0:08:46)

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