December 2011
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Robert Osborne Returns to TCM…
From the cinema blog 2 or 3 things I Know About Film (run by @BrandonBrownNYC):
Tomorrow, the charming and incredibly knowledgeable Robert Osborne will be resuming his hosting
duties on TCM. While the guest hosts did a great job substituting for Mr. Osborne during the past months,
I think many TCM-addicts will agree that it just wasn’t the same without him…. (read full post here)
November 2011
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Those Damn-Fine Damfinos
Project Keaton Post #42 Those Damn-Fine Damfinos, Submitted by Project Keaton. During our month long tribute to Joseph Frank Buster Keaton, our mothership, the Kitty Packard Pictorial, had the privilege of sitting down with The International Buster Keaton Society for a tete-a-tete on all things Buster. The full in-depth interview will be posted on the Pictorial within the next few days, but...
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Buster in Dutch
Project Keaton Post #39: Buster’s Dutch Interview. Thanks to Janneke Mann who contributed this English translation of a Dutch article on Keaton from 1931. It’s quite funny to see that the flowery journalism of that era resonates even in the translation of foreign language:
“That was in 1917 and Fatty’s “tumbling discovery” worked with the “all-round” comedian in a series of...
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The High Sign
Project Keaton Post #38: The High Sign submitted by Angela of The Hollywood Revue. Angela is one of the more prolific classic film bloggers out there and Project Keaton was so happy to have her pen a post for Buster. Her focus, Keaton’s 1921 short The High Sign. (One of our favorites too. The Blinking Buzzards secret signal should be the sacred handshake of all silent film fans.)
She...
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Life Lessons from Buster
Project Keaton post #37: Life Lessons from Buster. Submitted by Trevor Jost (one of my favorite Twitter peeps). One of the best things about this month has been getting to find out what it is about Keaton’s work that makes his fans so deeply loyal. Trevor Jost is one such ardent fan— his tumblr page A Modern Musketeer is veritable shrine to the great stone face. Here he tells us why: I...
October 2011
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Our Hospitality
Keaton Project post #36 Buster Keaton and Gravity, by Jim Emerson of The Chicago Sun-Times. This highly entertaining must-read article examines, by using a selection of high-res screen pulls, Keaton’s Our Hospitality which, as Emerson writes, was Keaton’s first feature as auteur and his first masterpiece:
Among the things you will learn from watching Buster Keaton’s “Our...
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The Inception of Inception
Project Keaton post #35 Sherlock Jr: The Inception of Inception. Last year, Wired Magazine ran this article discussing the many ways that Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. is the forerunner of Christopher Nolan’s Inception. We quite agree:
A movie that marshals eye-popping special effects, precision editing, sophisticated action choreography, and diabolically elaborate sets to explore the...
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Buster Keaton: Accidental Surrealist
Keaton Project post #34: The Accidental Surrealist submitted by All Adders are Puffs. This exceptionally well written essay (penned by a graduate student, so that helps) examines Keaton’s art and its relationship to the Surrealist art. It really is an insightful piece, so please do take the time and give it a good, thorough read:
I have chosen to look at director and actor Buster Keaton and...
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A Little Bit O' Buster In The Good Old Summertime
Project Keaton Post #32: A Little Bit O’ Buster in the Good Old Summertime, submitted by Brandie at True Classics film blog. True Classics is a classic film fan haven, and Project Keaton is delighted they were able to whip something up for Buster! Here they spotlight Buster’s supporting role in the 1949 Judy Garland/Van Johnson musical In The Good Old Summertime: “By the 1940s,...
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One Week Buster
Project Keaton Post #28: From One Week to Speak Easily, submitted by silent film historian John Bengtson. John Bengtson is a silent film historian supreme, and Project Keaton was honored to have him aboard earlier in the month. This post was an oversight on our part: posted back on Buster’s birthday, October 4th, it is a delightful look back at one of Buster’s great passions: TRAINS....
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Keaton, Arbuckle & Chaplin
Project Keaton post #27: Keaton, Arbuckle and Chaplin. Submitted by Mythical Monkey. Yet another wonderfully insightful post from Project Keaton favorite Mythical Monkey, this time an adroit perception of the true import of Keaton & Arbuckle’s comedy of the late 1910s. Read post here.
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Keaton & Cat
Project Keaton Post #26: Keaton and Cat, submitted by ChuckLoris. ChuckLoris has delighted Project Keaton before with lovely rendering of Buster, but this has gotta be one of the best. Cheers for sharing, and be sure to visit ChukLoris’ tumblr!
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Steamboat Buster
Project Keaton Post #23 “It’s Buster Keaton’s Birthday” submitted by the blog Mythical Monkey, winner of Project Keaton’s Short Films Collection contest. This is a reprint of an indepth review of Keaton’s landmark feature Steamboat Bill Jr. “The secret,” Keaton once said, “is in landing limp and breaking the fall with a foot or a hand. ...
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Buster is the 99%
Project Keaton Post #21: Buster is the 99% Submitted by film blog PrettyCleverFilms. This deeply touching post is a beautifully realized love letter to Keaton’s films and, more to the point, the man himself. A definite Project Keaton highlight— thanks to Brandy for gracing us with it! “In the holy trinity of silent clowns, I’m firmly on Team Keaton. Charlie Chaplin moves me,...
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The Artist and Buster Keaton
Project Keaton post #18: THE ARTIST and Buster Keaton submitted by NYC-based writer Will McKinley is a terrific look at the upcoming silent French film THE ARTIST and its surprising connection to the life and art of Buster Keaton. ”Sunday afternoon, on the final day of the New York Film Festival, I saw Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist. Sunday night on Turner Classic Movies, I watched...
Buster's Parkour and Pathos
Keaton Project post #17: Parkour and Pathos, submitted by Jen at Silent Stanzas: ”A way I’ve taken to describing Keaton lately is parkour and pathos: he does his breakneck stunts—how that man lived to be as old as he was, I’ll never know—but there is also genuine love and heartbreak. Without spoiling it for newcomers, there’s a scene on the beach where you positively ache for him, the...
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WatchProject Keaton post #16: BUSKER’S BOUNTY, a silent film submitted by Buskerfly Productions. Buskerfly Productions is a marvel. This Boulder-based production company that embraces the elements of classic film-making while utilizing the latest in modern technology. That means you get high-def, pristine product, that completely maintains its integrity to the original inspiration. In this case:...
Project Keaton: How About a Little Dinner and a...
Keaton Project Post #15: “How About a Little Dinner and a Show?” Submitted by Ivan at Thrilling Days of Yesteryear. “The key to enjoying Buster’s Columbia work is finding those moments (described by one film critic as “a whisper”) where there is but the briefest glimpse of some of the master’s old magic…” (read full post here.)
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Buster, Twitter & the 21st Century
Keaton Project Post #13: Silent Volume on Buster Keaton, submitted by Chris Edwards. “My Twitter avatar is Buster Keaton. It’s a screenshot of him, behind bars, from THE GOAT, one of his short films. People love it. They’ve called it ‘perfect.’ It’s cool to them the way Buster’s bars exactly touch the edges of the frame, as though he’s imprisoned in Twitter’s own digital superstructure....
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Win a copy of Buster Keaton Short Films Collection...
Want the the Kino new release, Buster Keaton Short Films Collection 1920 - 1923? We thought so! This week, Project Keaton is giving away a copy of this fantastic new DVD collection from Kino Video. “Authorized by the Buster Keaton estate and mastered in HD from 35mm archival film elements, The Short Films Collection gathers all of Keaton’s solo silent comedies in one monumental three-disc...
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The General: The Greatest Film Ever Made?
Project Keaton post #12: The General, submitted by A Shroud of Thoughts.
“If film buffs are asked what was Buster Keston’s greatest film, chances are good that most of them would say, “The General (1926).” And there is little reason that they should not. Buster Keaton himself said that The General was his favourite film of those he made. Orson Welles considered The...
116 Years of Buster Keaton
Project Keaton post # 11: “116 Years of Buster Keaton,” submitted by Jandy.
“Today would have been Buster Keaton’s 116′s birthday, and I’ll take any chance to celebrate the man who has become probably my favorite silent comedian. I love Chaplin, to be sure, as well as Lloyd and other even less-well-remembered names like Harry Langdon and Charley Chase, but Keaton is king. At...
Project Keaton: A Bust of Buster
Project Keaton post #10: Submitted by Chuck Loris: Terrific sketch of Buster … apparently a sculpture of it is in the works!
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Buster Keaton and Roscoe Arbuckle
Project Keaton Post #8: Submitted by Pretty Clever Films:
“From Laurel and Hardy to Abbott and Costello to Cheech and Chong (yeah, I said it) – duos make the comedy world go ’round. And why not? You’ve got the yin and the yang, the clown and the straight man, the graceful and the inept – and you’ve got the very large and the very small. Physical dichotomies are just really, really...
The Buster Keaton Cocktail
Project Keaton Post #7: Submitted by crazybitchesinhistory:
I decided to come up with a specialty cocktail for Buster Keaton. As a bartender, I was upset to learn there wasn’t one for him. Charlie Chaplin has one, Jean Harlow has one, even Mary Pickford has one. Buster was a whiskey drinker so I used that as the main ingredient. I think he would’ve liked it. Happy Birthday Buster :) 1 oz Whiskey...
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