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re: Any Buster Keaton Fans here?
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:49 pm to DaleGribble
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:49 pm to DaleGribble
quote:Hollywood by Kevin Brownlow - watch on YT
but the documentary series on the Silent Era that was filmed in the 70s and hosted by James Mason is one of the best things I've ever seen.
My all time favorite documentary series.
quote:Another Brownlow, and it's also great. All his docs are, actually.
I started a 3 part documentary series on Buster Keaton that's on youtube last week, but I haven't gotten around to finishing it yet.
quote:Watch some comedy shorts, especially Keaton and Lloyd. Then move into their features. Then perhaps Douglas Fairbanks, who did swashbuckling action films laced w/comedy.
I have never been able to get into silent films,
As director King Vidor says in the first episode of Hollywood, silent films were different b/c you had to pay constant attention. With talkies you can turn away and the dialogue will keep you aware of what's going on. But turn away from a silent film and you may miss something.
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:58 pm to Kafka
Some of the scenes from silent films in that series were incredible and made me want to give them another shot. I think that a good score would be a great help.
I love comedies and was planning on watching a documentary on Chaplin when I ran across the series on Keaton. After seeing a couple of shorts of his awhile back on TCM, I'm also curious about Charley Chase comedies. And Harold Lloyd and Fattie Arbuckle.
Don't have to work tomorrow, so tonight seems like a good night to start.
I love comedies and was planning on watching a documentary on Chaplin when I ran across the series on Keaton. After seeing a couple of shorts of his awhile back on TCM, I'm also curious about Charley Chase comedies. And Harold Lloyd and Fattie Arbuckle.
Don't have to work tomorrow, so tonight seems like a good night to start.
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