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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.。Inspired by W.G. Sebald’s book and based on WWII archive footage, the film puts forward the question: is it morally acceptable to use civilian population as a means of war? Is it possible to justify mass destruction for the sake of higher “moral” ideals? The question remains as relevant today, as it was 80 years ago, and its urgency is tragically manifested in the current event...。这是一个真实的故事。1923年，佛罗里达的一个小镇在一夜之间化为灰烬。 退役军人曼途经紫檀镇，不料因一起强暴案牵涉其中。被害人是一名白人女子，为了掩盖自己与他人私通，便谎称被黑人强奸，激起紫檀镇白人对黑人的仇视。仇恨的火种一点即燃，并且愈烧愈烈，许多本来就歧视黑人的白人趁机滥杀无辜，就连妇女和儿童也不放过。曼为了拯救紫檀镇的黑人，不惜牺牲性命帮助他们逃离死地。 本片情节曲折，紧张，充分展示了美国人受到歧视和被肆意践踏的历史状况。。
