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Overview"This study of Buster Keaton's 19 silent short films shot between 1920 and 1923 chronicles the rapid growth in the film-maker's understanding of what makes both comedy and film successful. Keaton developed his major themes in these 19 short films: his persona ""Buster"" vs. Rival, Nature, Machine, Self and Fate; his resilient pursuit of love and the efforts he makes to overcome any curves thrown by Fate; and his trademark ""stone face"" blocking any display of the passionate emotion he feels about everything he does. These short films clearly indicate Keaton's love of the camera and his concern for composition, symmetry, and images that delight the eye and startle the mind. Oldham reconstructs each of these films in such a way as to enable the reader to ""watch"" Keaton's performance, devoting a separate chapter to each. She analyzes each film's strengths, weaknesses and prevalent themes and threads. She also enables readers to plumb the depths of what seems to be surface comedy through philosophical, biographical, historical and critical commentary, thus linking the shorts together into a cohesive study of Buster Keaton's growth through his three-year independent venture as a film-maker." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gabriella OldhamPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9780809319527ISBN 10: 0809319527 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 01 March 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsOldham scrutinizes the 19 independent short silent film comedies Keaton made between 1920 and 1923, paying detailed attention to the cinematic texts themselves This is an intelligent and readable introduction and a worthy celebration of the ingenious artistry of Buster Keaton. Choice Oldham scrutinizes the 19 independent short silent film comedies Keaton made between 1920 and 1923, paying detailed attention to the cinematic texts them-selves... This is an intelligent and readable introduc-tion and a worthy celebration of the ingenious artistry of Buster Keaton. -- Choice <br> Author InformationGabriella Oldham is the author of First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors and the children’s musical Melville and the Yellow Umbrella. She is also the artistic director for the New York Children’s Theatre. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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