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Buster Keaton: Shorts Collection 1917-23 (The Cook)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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As new generations of viewers discover the magic of silent cinema, Buster Keaton has emerged as one of the era's most admired and respected artists. Behind the deadpan expression and trademark porkpie hat was a filmmaking genius who conceived and engineered some of the most breathtaking stunts and feats of visual trickery, whiIe never losing sight of slapstick cinema s primary objective: Iaughter. Produced by Lobster FiIms, BUSTER KEATON: THE SHORTS COLLECTION includes alI 32 of Keaton s extant silent shorts (thirteen of which were produced in coIlaborations with comedians Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John). These 2K restorations were performed utilizing archival film eIements from around the world, and promises to be the definitive representation of Keaton s early career.
Bonus Features: 2K Restorations, newly scanned (in 2K and 4K) from archival film eIements | Orchestral scores by Frank Bockius, NeiI Brand, Timothy Brock, Günter BuchwaId, Antonio CoppoIa, Stephen Horne, Robert lsrael, The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Dennis Scott, and Donald Sosin | 24-Page booklet with detailed film notes and essay by Jeffrey Vance, author of Buster Keaton Remembered | The Blacksmith - NewIy rediscovered alternate version of the 1922 comedy, containing four minutes of previousIy unseen materiaI | Coney Island - Alternate (poIiticaIIy incorrect) ending | My Wife s ReIations - AIternate ending | lntroduction by fiIm preservationist Serge Bromberg (6 Min.) | Life With Buster Keaton (1951, excerpt) - Keaton reenacts Roscoe ArbuckIe s Salomé dance first performed in The Cook |
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