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Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

submitted by thegrimsleeper

9 years ago

From the youtube description:
"Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly 100 years after he first appeared onscreen, we’re still learning from him. Today, I’d like to talk about the artistry (and the thinking) behind his gags. Press the CC button to see the names of the films."

Continued on the youtube page.

8 Comments

Think i may watch me some Buster Keaton *promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Saturday, November 21st, 2015 1:32pm PST - promote requested by eric3579.

ant

*art *history

Adding video to channels (Art, History) - requested by ant.

PlayhousePals

SO much *quality ... SO much my favorite silent film icon *promote

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Saturday, November 21st, 2015 1:32pm PST - promote requested by PlayhousePals.

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by PlayhousePals.

given the era, most of his movies are now in the public domain :
https://archive.org/details/movies?and[]=buster%20keaton

I wonder if Buster Keaton is to comedy what H.P. Lovecraft is to horror...

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