Jackie Chan: Master of Silent Comedy | Video Essay

Why Jackie Chan should be considered the fourth great silent comedian.

Turn on captions to view the name of each movie clip shown.

🎵 MUSIC 🎵

Space - "Magic Fly"
(a version of this song appears in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978, dir. Yuen Woo-ping), but I took this song from the album Magic Fly)

Robert Israel - "Convict 13"
(from the Kino Lorber Blu-ray Buster Keaton Short Films Collection 1920-1923)

🎥 FILM CLIPS 🎥

Armour of God (1986, dir. Jackie Chan & Eric Tsang)
Ask Father (1919, dir. Hal Roach)
Convict 13 (1920, dir. Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline)
Cops (1922, dir. Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline)
A Dog’s Life (1918, dir. Charlie Chaplin)
Fearless Hyena (1979, dir. Jackie Chan & Kenneth Tsang)
The General (1926, dir. Buster Keaton)
The Goat (1921, dir. Buster Keaton & Malcolm St. Clair)
The Gold Rush (1925, dir. Charlie Chaplin)
Hard Luck (1921, dir. Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline)
The High Sign (1921, dir. Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline)
Modern Times (1936, dir. Charlie Chaplin)
The Navigator (1924, dir. Buster Keaton & Donald Crisp)
Interview with Jackie Chan (2014, Fergus Hay http://www.ogilvy.com/topics/topics-storytelling/jackie-chan-2)
One Week (1920, dir. Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline)
Police Story (1985, dir. Jackie Chan)
Police Story 2 (1988, dir. Jackie Chan)
Police Story 4: First Strike (1996, dir. Stanley Tong)
Project A (1983, dir. Jackie Chan)
Project A 2 (1987, dir. Jackie Chan)
Rumble in the Bronx (1995, dir. Stanley Tong)
Rush Hour (1998, dir. Brett Ratner)
Safety Last! (1923, dir. Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor)
The Scarecrow (1920, dir. Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline)
Sherlock Jr. (1924, dir. Buster Keaton)
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978, dir. Yuen Woo-ping)
Speedy (1928, dir. Ted Wilde)
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928, dir. Buster Keaton & Charles Reisner)
Three Ages (1923, dir. Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline)
Who Am I (1998, dir. Jackie Chan & Benny Chan)
The Young Master (1980, dir. Jackie Chan)

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