Buster Keaton was an all-time entertainer, who had made much success with his silent movies and was also known for his famous 'Stone Face'.His movie, 'The Railrodder' is one of his unique films and it shows us his unplanned sudden journey. Keaton himself stars in the movie and is shown as an English Gentleman who is shown to be reading a newspaper and when he sees the ad saying "See Canada Now!", he doesn't even hesitate and jumps into the sea, swims across what happens to be the Atlantic Ocean and emerges on the Eastern Coast of Canada. This shows us his desperation and similarly creates humor in the rest of the short film. He then takes advantage of the opportunity he gets and travels across Canada in what is commonly known as the speeder.
Although the film does not have a big story line, it is fascinating, like always, how he always manages to keep the audience interested without any speech (i.e. before he started doing talkie films, for example:Free and Easy (1930)), But it still has catchy soundtracks to go with the situations. We can clearly see there is a lot of hard work put into the making of this film, as it shows the magnificent scenes of nature, etc. I'd say this movie should be seen at least once and I rate it a total of 8.
Although the film does not have a big story line, it is fascinating, like always, how he always manages to keep the audience interested without any speech (i.e. before he started doing talkie films, for example:Free and Easy (1930)), But it still has catchy soundtracks to go with the situations. We can clearly see there is a lot of hard work put into the making of this film, as it shows the magnificent scenes of nature, etc. I'd say this movie should be seen at least once and I rate it a total of 8.