Buster’s Planet
Musical accompaniment by Ben Model
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
Theater 3 (The Celeste Bartos Theater), mezzanine, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building
Includes the following films:
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Our Hospitality
1923. USA. Directed by Buster Keaton, John Blystone. With Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joseph Keaton. Silent. 66 min.
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Sherlock, Jr
1924. USA. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane, Joseph Keaton 44 min.
Buster Keaton was ultimately Chaplin’s only serious rival. His inimitable use of space and timing, extraordinary athleticism, and superhuman imagination opened doors to which no other film artist ever even found the knobs. This program contains two of his most accomplished films.
In the Film exhibition An Auteurist History of Film
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