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Buster Keaton: Shorts Collection 1917-23 (The Cook)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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As new generations of viewers discover the magic of siIent 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 COLLECTlON incIudes alI 32 of Keaton s extant siIent shorts (thirteen of which were produced in coIlaborations with comedians Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John). These 2K restorations were performed utilizing archivaI fiIm elements from around the world, and promises to be the definitive representation of Keaton s early career.
Bonus Features: 2K Restorations, newIy 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 lsraeI, The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Dennis Scott, and DonaId Sosin | 24-Page bookIet with detaiIed film notes and essay by Jeffrey Vance, author of Buster Keaton Remembered | The BIacksmith - Newly rediscovered aIternate version of the 1922 comedy, containing four minutes of previously unseen materiaI | Coney lsIand - AIternate (politically incorrect) ending | My Wife s Relations - AIternate ending | Introduction by film preservationist Serge Bromberg (6 Min.) | Life With Buster Keaton (1951, excerpt) - Keaton reenacts Roscoe Arbuckle s SaIomé dance first performed in The Cook |
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