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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert KnopfPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.312kg ISBN: 9780691004426ISBN 10: 0691004420 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 22 August 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsKnopf offers a timely, academic appreciation of the great stoneface, examining why Keaton's films intrigued surrealists and intellectuals... Knopf also does an excellent job of tracing the vaudevillian roots of Keaton's stunts and gags. Library Journal The remarkable thing about Buster Keaton is that within the world of film he could do anything. [The book] is a concise synthesis of critical opinions on Keaton which is most useful and insightful in its attention to the tension between vaudeville-based gags and classical narrative structure in Keaton's films. -- Marc A. Mamigonian The Boston Book Review With apt photographs, complete filmography, and heuristic bibliography, Knopf reanimates the delightfully improvised cinema of a truly great comic film artist. Choice Knopf offers a timely, academic appreciation of the great stoneface, examining why Keaton's films intrigued surrealists and intellectuals... Knopf also does an excellent job of tracing the vaudevillian roots of Keaton's stunts and gags. -- Library Journal The remarkable thing about Buster Keaton is that within the world of film he could do anything. [The book] is a concise synthesis of critical opinions on Keaton which is most useful and insightful in its attention to the tension between vaudeville-based gags and classical narrative structure in Keaton's films. -- Marc A. Mamigonian, The Boston Book Review With apt photographs, complete filmography, and heuristic bibliography, Knopf reanimates the delightfully improvised cinema of a truly great comic film artist. -- Choice Author InformationRobert Knopf is Assistant Professor of Theater at the University of Michigan. With Bert Cardullo, he is the co-editor of Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1890-1950 (forthcoming). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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