Tuesday, December 7, 2021

OVERVIEW :Buster Keaton




video essay 1


His flexible and layered persona included the following elements and recurring motifs :

           • Deadpan humour and neutral expression• Acrobatic  skill and heavy use of stuntwork.
• Interactions with physical objects and locations ( sometimes skilled,occasionally clumsy)


He developed a combination of various personae : 


        The outsider clown , not integrated in or subject to the rules of  everyday society or                    underworlds 


         The everyman trying to join in or get ahead• 


          The suitor : Seeking a soulmate and competing for a woman's attentions










article on  his persona and work, with a focus on Cops


YOUTUBE PLAYLIST OF VIDEOS ( Buster Keaton ,silent cinema, contexts.,issues and debates)








Other scenes  from other films







Car on train tracks ( Parlor,bedroom and bath 1931)





                     
                                                      Dream scene from Sherlock Jr (1924)



                                                  Motorcycle chase from Sherlock Jr



Buster Keaton wikipedia


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