LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Buster Keaton: Work
built 655 days ago
Like all of Buster Keaton's work, this collection of short films is full of slapstick violence (where no real harm is ever indented). Some very mild sexual humor and tobacco use is ... included.
Source:
Keaton's career as a performer and director is widely considered to be among the most innovative and important work in the history of cinema. He was recognized as the seventh greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.[1]
Source:
After Steamboat Bill jr., Schenck sold the company to MGM, and Keaton was expected to fit into the studio system. Instead of having absolutely free reign, he was now obliged to conform to a script. The Cameraman (1928) is his last major work about the mechanics of filmmaking (and a twin to the fantastic projection-dream of Sherlock jr.), but after the transition to sound films, his talent was squandered in run-of-the-mill productions. He put up with it all, but started drinking heavily. Two marriages broke up during this period and the studio fired him; after a period of rehab treatment, he returned to the studio in the mid-30's as a gag-writer, a job which at least included writing for the Marx Brothers. His later work was primarily restricted to small roles.
Source:
Keaton's silent films saw a revival in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1961 he starred in The Twilight Zone episode "Once Upon a Time", which included both silent and sound sequences. Keaton ... found steady work as an actor in TV commercials, including a popular series of silent ads for Simon Pure Beer in which he revisited some of the gags from his silent film days.
Source:
Special Features: The Arte set comes with an 11 minute look at Keaton's work by French film-maker Pierre Etiax on disc two. On disc four is a 14 minute trailer for Arte DVD releases made up of film clips accompanied by music.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Work