Symphonic Silent Talk · Buster Keaton · The General
Silent film and live music in the Great University Hall

C. DAVIS · Film Music "The General" (1926)

"Silence is of the gods, only monkeys chatter." - Buster Keaton

The General 1926 is certainly Buster Keaton's most famous movie. Since then, the story of a dreamy locomotive driver who becomes a celebrated war hero for the love of a girl and a locomotive at the time of the American Civil War, already copied and quoted umpteen times. The high speed of the film and the timing of the gags provide even after 80 years still for a entertaining viewing and listening pleasure.