The General - Peter Kramer (BFI Film Classics) Silent Cinema Set in feudal Japan and

Set in feudal Japan and loosely based on 'King Lear'- an aging Lord splits his kingdom amongst his three sons which leads to them battling each other for absolute power

Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin/Feminin and Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Avventura

the Nikkatsu art designer fondly remembered for his flamboyant work with Seijun Suzuki in the 1960s

this wildly melodramatic tale of a kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide is played out against a colourful backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld

Love or regaining a life of privilige become opposing possibilities

The General - Peter Kramer (BFI Film Classics) Silent Cinema Set in feudal Japan and'The General' by Peter Kramer (BFI Film Classics paperback) Kramer provides insight into the silent masterpiece by drawing on archival sources and placing the film in the context of 1920s Hollywood and Keaton's own career. He also analyses the film's style and thematic concerns.