Cops (1922)
- Directed by
- Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 230 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man sets out to make his fortune but ends up in a massive chase with every cop in town. He gets tangled in a parade and accidentally angers the police, leading to a frantic pursuit.
slapstickchaoticfast-pacedabsurdfreneticdeadpankafkaesque
What happens
Cops is a 1922 American two-reel silent comedy film about a young man (Buster Keaton) who accidentally runs afoul of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade and is chased all over town. It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton. This very Kafka-esque film was filmed during the rape-and-murder trial of his former collaborator Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, a circumstance that may have influenced the short's tone of hopeless ensnarement. It was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry in 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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