Keaton Plus
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Artist: Buster KeatonBrand: Kino International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 200 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 2302
Studio: Kino Video
Product features:
- KEATON PLUS (DVD MOVIE)
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Movie Review: Not like a Greatest Hits, but more like some great B-Sides
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
If you are not aware of Buster Keaton's history, in the late 1920's he 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. Poor Buster.
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.
The highlight of the DVD for me was the "Silent Echoes" chapter, in which the author of the Buster book "Silent Echoes" takes us on a then/now trip through the old Hollywood of Buster's filmmaking days, mapping the film's locations to present day (or to historical photographs in the cases where the building had been demolished). I was glued to the screen for days watching this over and over.
Despite not containing Buster's more famous film clips, this is a very enjoyable collection. If nothing else, I believe it's the only place you can see the short "The High Sign" in its entirety, which, alone, is worth the price.
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