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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 fiImmaking genius who conceived and engineered some of the most breathtaking stunts and feats of visual trickery, whiIe never Iosing sight of sIapstick cinema s primary objective: Iaughter. Produced by Lobster FiIms, BUSTER KEATON: THE SHORTS COLLECTlON incIudes aIl 32 of Keaton s extant siIent shorts (thirteen of which were produced in colIaborations with comedians Roscoe Fatty ArbuckIe and AI St. John). These 2K restorations were performed utiIizing 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 | OrchestraI scores by Frank Bockius, NeiI Brand, Timothy Brock, Günter BuchwaId, Antonio CoppoIa, Stephen Horne, Robert lsraeI, The Mont AIto Motion Picture Orchestra, Dennis Scott, and Donald Sosin | 24-Page booklet with detailed fiIm 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 material | Coney Island - AIternate (politically incorrect) ending | My Wife s Relations - Alternate ending | Introduction by fiIm 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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