The General - Peter Kramer (BFI Film Classics) Silent Cinema 'Walking the Edge' Director: Norbert

'Walking the Edge' Director: Norbert Meisel (1985) Blu-Ray

Love or regaining a life of privilige become opposing possibilities

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

'On Body and Soul' Director: Ildiko Enyedi (2017) Hungarian/English subtitles

The General - Peter Kramer (BFI Film Classics) Silent Cinema 'Walking the Edge' Director: Norbert'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.