The Great Train robbery is an interesting little silent film barely over ten minutes long which details the robbery of a train by a group of outlaws and then retaliation by the posse sent out to capture the outlaws. While the film is alittle underwhelming from a modern day perspective i would argue that the film is important historically and can be seen as the precursor to the modern western genre and as far as i know is the first film to break the fourth wall (when the cowboy shoots the audience in the beginning of the film). Furthermore, the camera work and editing was unique for the time in which it was filmed. That being said i would only recommend this film to film history buffs or silent film enthusiasts.
Review of The Great Train Robbery
