《真爱如血》剧终三年后,安娜·帕奎因终于要和丈夫史蒂芬·莫耶再度合作!帕奎因将参演莫耶的导演处女作《破碎的玻璃》(The Parting Glass,暂译),夫妻二人同时担任制片。该片由《美国恐怖故事》的丹尼斯·欧哈拉编剧并主演。该片仍在前期筹备中。瑞斯·伊凡斯及梅丽莎·里奥也有望加盟本片。。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.。