3.70-The General with Joshua Ytreberg

Send us Fan MailToday's special episode is a conversation I had with my son Joshua about the 1926 film The General, written by, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton. Joshua recommended this film to me after he saw it in a Film Studies class in school and when I realized I'd never seen the entire thing, we decided to make a podcast episode about it.You can watch The General on YouTube and a huge thank you to Joshua for helping me edit many podcast episodes over the last few years.Other films mentioned in this episode include:The Circus directed by Charlie Chaplin"A Horse in Motion" directed by Eadweard J. Muybridge"A Trip to the Moon" directed by Georges Méliès"The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station" by the Lumière BrothersStar Wars directed by George LucasFive Nights at Freddy's directed by Emma TammiJaws directed by Steven SpielbergThe Wizard of Oz directed by Victor FlemingGone With the Wind directed by Victor FlemingCasablanca directed by Michael CurtizSnow White and the Severn Dwarfs directed by David HandOther referenced topics:The Great Locomotive Chase: A History of the Andrews Railroad Raid Into Georgia by William PittengerVariety reviewNew York Times reviewNew York Herald Tribune reviewOrson Wells quote on the Independent Cinema OfficeSupport the show