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Buster Keaton's movies are among the few that people still watch in the 21st century, and it's mostly thanks to his Tom Cruise-esque willingness to do crazy nonsense in the name of entertainment. Today we discuss Keaton's favorite of his own films, "The General," a movie full of incredible shots, stunts and sequences that still manage to stun. Mostly 'cause they did all this wild boy stuff FOR REAL. I mean they just let a train fall into a river. They really did that.
Buster Keaton's movies are among the few that people still watch in the 21st century, and it's mostly thanks to his Tom Cruise-esque willingness to do crazy nonsense in the name of entertainment. Today we discuss Keaton's favorite of his own films, "The General," a movie full of incredible shots, stunts and sequences that still manage to stun. Mostly 'cause they did all this wild boy stuff FOR REAL. I mean they just let a train fall into a river. They really did that.