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.。一个男人在一间空荡荡的房子里醒来,脑海中的记忆似乎模糊了。他在房子里发现了一些便利贴,上面写着诸如:“别待在这里太久“”别出去”“别下楼”等等,他感到困惑,试图查明这些神秘的信息,当他越来越接近解开谜团时,房子里暗藏着的一个恶灵变得越来越强大,考验着他的生存意志。。。。