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Three Ages / Our Hospitality with Dana Stevens

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Buster Keaton's Train

I was surprised that the first 20 minutes of this movie are very light on humor. Like you don't really start getting gags until the train, which doesn't really start until 20 minutes in and is like a 20 minutes segment. And then the train is funny, but it's also just sort of visually exciting. Here, he really is just playing with the past, you know, and I think that goes to his obsession with old technology.

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