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Keaton Plus

 

 
US 2004 / Comedy / Slapstick / Shorts / Compilation / 150 min / Black & White / Stereo / 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio / NTSC /  Silent With Musical Score / English Language

This DVD does not showcase Buster Keaton's famous and incredible body of work (his silent films), but highlights some relatively hard to find films/outtakes of his. It is a great collection for both Keaton fans and for newcomers to appreciate the greatest film comedian of any generation.

In the late 1920's Buster Keaton signed with MGM only to lose the complete creative control he had experienced in his silent films. Consequently, his body of work beyond the silent era is largely uncreative and most is very difficult to watch a genius reduced to poor scripts and shallow characters. MGM didn't understand what to do with him and basically made him a boob to Jimmy Durante's loudmouth character.

However, Buster did work consistently and managed to eek out a living and find work in some tolerable films. Some of these are gathered here.

 
       

Film List in DVD:

***Short Films
Ten Girls Ago
***Restorations
Hard Luck(1921)
Daydreams(1922)
The Love Nest(1922)
***Educational Shorts
Allez-Oop!(1934)
Jail Bait(1937)
****Television
The Awakening
Life With Buster Keaton
The Haunted House
Gymnasium Story
Detective Story
The Time Machine
****Commercials
Phillips 66
Shamrock (Edited and Unedited Versions)
Kodak
Simon Pure Beer
****Home Movies
Filming the General
Keaton in Paris
Interview With Keaton
Silent Echos
Case Studies
Cops
The General
Maps
The Keaton Studios
Downtown Los Angeles
Southern California
Tour
Hollywood
San Francisco
About
****Photo Gallery
Family Photos
Vaudville
Portraits
Production Stills
Special Effects
The Later Years
****Tributes
This Is Your Life
Orson Welles Introduces The General
Lillian Gish Introduces College
Gloria Swanson Introduces The General