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An actor who starts losing his train of thought quickly becomes a train wreck ... "
Buster Keaton

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Losing your train of thought can occur due to various factors, including distractions, interruptions, or cognitive fatigue. It is often described as a moment where one struggles to follow a conversation or remember what they were thinking about. To manage this, you can implement strategies such as minimizing distractions, practicing mindfulness, and taking breaks to improve focus and cognitive function. Additionally, understanding that this can be a common experience, especially during stressful situations, can help alleviate frustration.

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The term "train wreck" has both literal and figurative meanings:
Figurative Meaning: It refers to a situation or person's life that is extremely interesting because it is chaotic, disordered, or unsuccessful. For example, "She gives a train wreck of a performance in the movie".
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Disaster: It can also describe a large, chaotic disaster that is readily observed by the public.
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Complete Failure: Additionally, it signifies something that fails completely or goes extremely badly.

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train wreck

noun
train wreck (noun) · train wrecks (plural noun) · trainwreck (noun) · trainwrecks (plural noun)
a collision or other accident involving a train:
"a relative was killed in the Humber river train wreck"
NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
informal
a chaotic or disastrous situation that holds a peculiar fascination for observers:
"his train wreck of a private life guaranteed front-page treatment"
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In summary, a "train wreck" often describes a situation that is disastrous or fascinating due to its failure.


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The General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton, who also co-directed it along with Clyde Bruckman.

At the time of its initial release, The General, an action comedy film made toward the end of the silent era, was not well received by critics and audiences, resulting in mediocre box office returns (about half a million dollars domestically, and approximately one million worldwide). Because of its huge budget ($750,000 supplied by Metro chief Joseph Schenck) and failure to turn a significant profit, Keaton lost his independence as a film maker and was forced into a restrictive deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

In 1954, the film entered the public domain in the United States because its claimant did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[2] In 1989, the film was selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the first class of films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

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Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966)[1] was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker.[2] He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".[3][4]

Keaton was a child vaudeville star, performing as part of his family's traveling act. As an adult, he began working with independent producer Joseph M. Schenck and filmmaker Edward F. Cline, with whom he made a series of successful two-reel comedies in the early 1920s, including One Week (1920), The Playhouse (1921), Cops (1922), and The Electric House (1922). He then moved to feature-length films; several of them, such as Sherlock Jr. (1924), The General (1926), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), and The Cameraman (1928), remain highly regarded.[5] The General is perhaps his most acclaimed work; Orson Welles considered it "the greatest comedy ever made...and perhaps the greatest film ever made".[6][7][8][9]

Keaton's career declined after 1928, when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and lost his artistic independence. His first wife divorced him, and he descended into alcoholism. He was fired from MGM in 1933, ending his career as a leading man in feature films. He recovered in the 1940s, marrying Eleanor Norris and working as an honored comic performer until the end of his life. During this period, he made cameos in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950), Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (1952), and a variety of television programs. He earned an Academy Honorary Award in 1959.

Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" as having made him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies".[4] In 1996, Entertainment Weekly recognized Keaton as the seventh-greatest film director, stating that "his films offer belly laughs of mind-boggling physical invention and a spacey determination that nears philosophical grandeur."[10] In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema.[11]