Margaret Leahy
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Widely regarded as one of the most visually inventive silent comedies ever made, Sherlock Jr. offers fast-paced slapstick as well as a brilliant deconstruction of the filmmaking process. Keaton stars as a movie theater projectionist who dreams of becoming a super-sleuth and, in one breathtaking sequence, literally steps into the screen to bring his fantasies to life.
Another comedy for film-lovers (that plays upon the conventions of cinema), Three...
2) Three ages
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of one man's quest for love in three parallel settings, a modern city, the stone age, and ancient Rome.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
None
Description
Three ages: Buster's first foray into feature film production after a successful string of shorts. This hilariously inventive satire of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance follows the age-old story of misadventures on the road to finding love, retold in three separate eras, a structure that cleverly allowed Keaton to recut the film into three separate shorts if it failed as a feature.
Our hospitality: Perhaps Keaton's most nuanced comedy. In it, he plays...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
None
Description
"Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is not simply one of the greatest silent comedies ever made, it is one of the greatest films of any era. In restaging the true story of one man s journey behind enemy lines to reclaim his captured locomotive during the Civil War, Keaton stages a series of complex chases, using lumbering trains as comedic props. Keaton s inventive mind is matched only by his physical athleticism, making THE GENERAL a truly breath-taking...