If you loved El héroe del río, try El maquinista de La General
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Both films are directed by Buster Keaton, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to El héroe del río, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What El maquinista de La General is
Here's a movie that knows exactly what it is and does not care what you think. A Confederate train engineer pursues Union spies who have stolen his locomotive and, purely coincidentally, his girl. It is difficult to imagine a better silent film about trains, or a more earnest one.
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