Silent Film Review

Metropolis, Fritz Lang, chiaroscuro lighting, futuristic

Cabinet of Doctor Calagari, Robert Weine, unreal sets, sideways

Trip to the Moon, Georges Melies, first fantasy, minimum shots

The General, Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, great tracking shots, great crazy stunts

Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin, slapstick, allusions

Chaplin vs. Keaton

* Keaton planed out his movies unlike Chaplin.
* Keaton takes familiar jokes and makes then funny again in a slapstick way.
* Keaton has a storyline while Chaplin just goes with the flow.
* Keaton used a story within a movie and uses this way to represent his dream.
* Keaton characters break the forth wall- the first to do this kind if thing
* used great montages (both)
* Keaton used circus tricks to make allusions appear
* Chaplin uses more straight on slapstick
* Keaton uses a softer approche towards slapstick