All hail Buster Keaton! The Great Stone Face's pre-feature output is a comedic treasure trove that allows us to watch a performing genius perfect his filmic persona. Lobster's all-new restorations debut some alternate scenes and fix a number of broken jump cuts. It's the whole shebang -- the earlier Fatty Arbuckle shorts and Buster's later solo efforts. Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 Blu-ray Kino Classics 1917-1923 / B&W / 1:37 flat Silent Ap / 738 min. / Street Date May 24, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 59.95 Starring Buster Keaton, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. . Original Music Robert Israel, Donald Sosin, Stephen Horne, Timothy Brock, Neil Brand, The Mont Alto Orchestra, Sandra Wong, Günther Buchwald, Dennis Scott Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle & Buster Keaton
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
What's this, a full compilation of Buster Keaton Shorts? Kino has released sets of these before, including a 3-disc Blu-ray package from back in the summer of 2011 and overseen by Kino's Bret Wood.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
What's this, a full compilation of Buster Keaton Shorts? Kino has released sets of these before, including a 3-disc Blu-ray package from back in the summer of 2011 and overseen by Kino's Bret Wood.
- 5/21/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Sunday’s Toronto Silent Film Festival screening brought together five sight-gag laden comedy shorts handpicked by programmer Chris Seguin. This wild and quazy quintet covered a lot of banana peel-littered ground, showcasing a very nice cross section of silent comedy immortals and candidates for rediscovery. The event benefited immensely from its venue (the nearly 100-year old Fox Theatre, which still has its washrooms inside the cinema) and the accompaniment of jazz notable Fern Lindzon, who worked a number of ironic pop melodies and dark variations on the Wedding March into her nimble piano kibitzing.
The Waiters’ Ball
Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
Produced by Mack Sennett
USA, 1916
The program began with a zany item from the formative days of comedy two-reelers. Here, star/director Arbuckle runs a grungy diner kitchen with all of the health code conscientiousness of a crack den concierge. The genial cook good-naturedly licks things he shouldn’t,...
The Waiters’ Ball
Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
Produced by Mack Sennett
USA, 1916
The program began with a zany item from the formative days of comedy two-reelers. Here, star/director Arbuckle runs a grungy diner kitchen with all of the health code conscientiousness of a crack den concierge. The genial cook good-naturedly licks things he shouldn’t,...
- 4/8/2013
- by David Fiore
- SoundOnSight
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NextMovie.com recently posted 10 of this summer’s Blockbusters re-imagined as indie films. Here are four examples. You can check out all the posters at NextMovie.com
The Dirty Dozen poster by Grzegorz Domaradzki
Poster for Shame by Zoe Jones
Check out this Tintin/Indiana Jones mash-up poster by Vesa Lehtimäki.
Doctor Who fans will appreciate this Dogtor Woof photo by Cosplay
The #Avengers are just a bunch of jocks.
Animator Mr. Whaite made this Batman,...
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NextMovie.com recently posted 10 of this summer’s Blockbusters re-imagined as indie films. Here are four examples. You can check out all the posters at NextMovie.com
The Dirty Dozen poster by Grzegorz Domaradzki
Poster for Shame by Zoe Jones
Check out this Tintin/Indiana Jones mash-up poster by Vesa Lehtimäki.
Doctor Who fans will appreciate this Dogtor Woof photo by Cosplay
The #Avengers are just a bunch of jocks.
Animator Mr. Whaite made this Batman,...
- 5/13/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
It's not exactly a Chaplin masterpiece, but the ten-minute 1914 film A Thief Catcher featured an early, maybe 3-minute cameo with Charlie Chaplin playing a Keystone cop. The film had disappeared from the record books: Chaplin filmographies neglected to list it, and Keystone filmographies listed it without mentioning Chaplin. In a late interview, Chaplin himself recalled making it, but did not mention the title.
The film turned up at an antique sale in Taylor, Michigan, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Film historian Paul Gierucki thought he was buying an ordinary Keystone Studios movie. When he finally watched it, he was shocked and had to show the film to his friend, Richard Roberts, to be sure he could believe his eyes. The two men help organize the annual Slapsticon festival in Arlington, Virginia, and A Thief Catcher will make its debut at this year's fest (July 15-18).
Chaplin was one of the...
The film turned up at an antique sale in Taylor, Michigan, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Film historian Paul Gierucki thought he was buying an ordinary Keystone Studios movie. When he finally watched it, he was shocked and had to show the film to his friend, Richard Roberts, to be sure he could believe his eyes. The two men help organize the annual Slapsticon festival in Arlington, Virginia, and A Thief Catcher will make its debut at this year's fest (July 15-18).
Chaplin was one of the...
- 7/17/2010
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
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