This very Kafka-esque film is Keaton's response to the Fatty Arbuckle scandal.[citation needed] Even though the central character's intentions are good, he cannot win, no matter how inventively he tries. He gets into various scraps with police officers throughout the film. Eventually, he unwittingly throws a bomb into a police parade and ends up being chased by a horde of cops.
At the end of the film, Keaton's character locks up the cops in the police station. However, the girl he is trying to woo disapproves of his behavior and gives him the cold shoulder. Therefore, he unlocks the police station and is immediately pulled in by the cops. The film ends with the title "The End" written on a tombstone with Keaton's pork pie hat propped on it.
One of Keaton's most iconic and brilliantly-constructed short films, Cops 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.。名歌星小乔爱上心术不正的赵怀安,并把所有积蓄交给他,但赵见财起意,竟请降头师害死小乔,乔临死前发下毒誓不放过赵。赵惧怕乔死前恶相,遂请降头师将小乔魂魄打下十八层地狱使她永不超生。
数年后,赵认识了娟娟并结成夫妻,建立了工厂更生意不绝,生活富裕。小乔经历千辛万苦才找到一个机会接触到阳间一个男导游刘君献,刘开始时惊慌不已,后来发觉小乔并无害人之意,对其身世更感同情;答应帮助小乔返阳报仇。
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