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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...

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Other Authors: Sedgwick, Edward, 1892-1953 (Film producer, Film director), Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 (Film producer, 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)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:No linguistic content, Not applicable
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Edition:Two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 1033.
Subjects:
Photojournalists > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Secretaries > Drama.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
Chinese Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Tongs (Secret societies) > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Silent films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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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.
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

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