Why Study a Silent Filmmaker?: A Mini Doc on Buster Keaton

[@jamesdrynan]

Keaton deserves every accolade given. A true pioneer of comedic film directing, acting and producing.

[@lesafowers8142]

Buster Keaton is exactly why you should study film. I absolutely love him and rave about him all the time. The Great Stone Face!!!📽🎥🎬🎞🖤

[@kgboyd]

Great job! If you do want to see Keaton laughing and smiling watch the Fatty Arbuckle short Coney Island. It looks like he hadn't thought of his feature film persona yet.

[@waggitnshaggit6592]

I love him even more after watching your doc !

[@andymassingham]

Great job. Keaton was also the master of tracking shots…Seven Chances and The General have examples which have yet to be topped, simply because no one would dare risk (or be insured!) putting the lead in a potentially deadly scenario. Yes, I know Cruise and Chan are exceptions but Keaton diving head first down a cliff face and taking insane bumps in Seven Chances is still startling to watch.

[@ryanconsole2464]

Thank you so much! Keaton’s stunts were on another level. Hard to believe they were all done practically!

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

The general is a case study of tight and minimalistic visual storytelling, like a train - it’s a superb welloiled machine.

[@vildefreire5731]

Parabéns 👏 👏 pelo excelente documentário sobre Buster Keaton..❤

[@ryanconsole2464]

Thank you so much!!

[@danielt.3152]

Good job on this video. Buster Keaton was great. Many other comedians and entertainers copied many of his gags.

[@ryanconsole2464]

Thank you so much!

[@mellissadalby1402]

Absolutely brilliant. I have seen most of these before, but I welcome seening them again, and I appreciate your insights into it.

[@ryanconsole2464]

Thank you so much! That means a lot!

[@mssuxmyass]

I'm a couple months in to my study of Buster, Mostly at this time I am adding my own music and SFX to two reelers that I enhanced and colorized with AI, I did originally want to add dialog, but Buster says so little and as you pointed out there aren't many intertitle cards, almost no dialog.... Fatty Arbuckle has more dialog, and worked with Buster, perhaps I'll see what I can do with his films. Great Doc though! keep 'em comming.

[@soulrayy709]

Great content 🎉

[@yelloworangered]

Thank you. That was very interesting. You showed me aspects of Keaton's film that I had felt intuitively, but never consciously understood. For instance, his long shots. Chaplin also worked without a script, which became an expensive situation when his inspiration hung fire. Fred Astaire also did a "tumbling room" dance and he insisted on wide shots of long length to best showcase his choreography and his dancing skill. I would guess he admired Keaton, after all, who didn't during the silent film era?

[@ryanconsole2464]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed!

[@CHDean]

Silent Film…all the technique without the distraction of noise

[@kiskaloo6843]

It's a nice video, however Keaton laughs and smiles in all the shorts he made with Roscoe Arbuckle. Also, credit must be given to Elgin Lessley, Keaton's cameraman, for his part in creating that montage in Sherlock jr.

[@ruhimucerret13]

Great video! But the volume of the sound is a little bit low, don't you think?

[@ksteiger]

Indeed. Maybe on purpose? LOL!!!

[@nickmoloney9820]

Anyone have a link to the film that Buster Keaton did where he had 8 figures of himself dancing in a line? That particular shot inspired Les Paul to create audio multitracking.

[@beckweth]

volume too low

[@jjpower6769]

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