Buster Keaton - A Hard Act to Follow: Star Without a Studio [VHS]
by Kevin Brownlow, David Gill

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VHS Movie Reviews of Buster Keaton - A Hard Act to Follow: Star Without a Studio [VHS]

Movie Review: Buster Keaton, a Hard Act to Follow Vol 1
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: A Must Have
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: Just Stunning...
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: The best Keaton documentary available
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: No need to compare him with Charlie -- BOTH are just GREAT!
Summary: 5 Stars

This 3-hour documentary, however, completely smashed down my biased understanding on Buster and was truely eye-opening in this sense. One of what few know here in Japan is that Buster made several appearances on TV and even hosted his own program -- while Charlie never allowed himself to go into TV business, with his good intentions, of course. In Japan, such words as "classic comedy", "silent movie" or "slapsticks" are practically (and almost automatically) synonymous with Charlie, and as a result, only Charlie gets the majority of attention and the "runner-up" could be Buster, only if you know him, that is. Also, what I never understand is that quite a few Japanese "intelligentsias" publicly rush into a rash comparison "Buster is dry and cool, while Chalie is so easy to resort to pathos". Why don't they just give a closer look at both respectively (and respectfully!) and accept that they are BOTH great?! Isn't that enough? "Buster Keaton - A Hard Act to Follow" -- this is the perfect solution to people with such ideas!

Comedy Video

• Genres > Classics > Silent Films
• Comedy > Documentaries, Real & Fake
• Documentary > General
• Comedy
• Television > HBO > All Titles