The cameraman
The final work over which Buster Keaton maintained creative control, this clever farce is the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long run that produced some of the most innovative and enduring comedies of all time. Keaton plays a hapless newsreel cameraman desperate to impress both his new empl...
| Other Authors: | Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 (Actor), Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955 (Screenwriter), Lipton, Lew, 1893-1961 (Screenwriter), Lanning, Reggie (director of photography.), Lessley, Elgin, 1883-1944 (director of photography.), Wynn, Hugh (Film editor), Day, Marceline (Actor), Goodwin, Harold, 1902-1987 (Actor), Bracey, Sidney, 1877-1942 (Actor), Gribbon, Harry, 1885-1961 (Actor) |
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Published: |
[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Two-DVD special edition. |
| Series: |
Criterion collection ;
1033. |
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| Summary: |
The final work over which Buster Keaton maintained creative control, this clever farce is the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long run that produced some of the most innovative and enduring comedies of all time. Keaton plays a hapless newsreel cameraman desperate to impress both his new employer and his winsome office crush as he zigzags up and down Manhattan hustling for a scoop. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally produced as a motion picture in the United States and released in 1928. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: audio commentary from 2004 featuring Glenn Mitchell ; Spite marriage (1929), Buster Keaton's next feature for MGM ; Time travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker ; So funny it hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM, a 2004 documentary by film historians Kevin Brownlow and Christopher Bird ; new interview with James L. Neibaur ; an essay by film critic Imogen Sara Smith. |
| Physical Description: |
2 videodiscs (69 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Format: |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1). |
| Audience: |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: |
Directors of photography, Elgin Lessley and Reggie Lanning ; film editor, Hugh Wynn ; score composed and conducted by Timothy Brock. |
| ISBN: |
9781681437316 1681437317 |