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Buster
Keaton
A
Filmmaker's
Life
One of Literary Hub8217sFive 8220Mot
Critically
Acclaimed8221Biographies of
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2022From acclaimed cultural and film historian
James Curtis8212amajor biography, the first in
more than two decades, of the legendary comedian
and filmmaker who elevated physical comedy to
the highest of arts and whose ingenious films
remain as startling, innovative, modern8212an
irresistible8212toay as they were when they
beguiled audiences almost a century
ago.quotItis brilliant8212Iwas totally
absorbed, couldn't stop reading it and was very
sorry when it ended.quot8212Kevin
BrownlownbspItwasnbspJams Agee who
christenednbspBuser Keaton 8220ThGreat Stone
Face.8221Keaton8217sface, Agee wrote,
quotraned almost with Lincoln8217sas an early
American archetype it was haunting, handsome,
almost beautiful, yet it was also irreducibly
funny. Keaton was the only major comedian who
kept sentiment almost entirely out of his work
and . . . he brought pure physical comedy to its
greatest heights.8221nbspMel Brooks
8220Alot of my daring came from Keaton.8221nbs
pMartin Scorsese, influenced by
Keaton8217spictures in the making of Raging
Bull 8220Thonly person who had the right
attitude about boxing in the movies for
me,8221Scorsese said, 8220waBuster
Keaton.8221nbspKeaton8217sdeadpan stare in a
porkpie hat was as recognizable as Charlie
Chaplin8217stramp and Harold Lloyd8217sstraw
boater and spectacles, and, with W. C. Fields,
the four were each considered a comedy king--but
Keaton was, and still is, considered to be the
greatest of them all.nbspHisiconic look and
acrobatic brilliance obscured the fact that
behind the camera Keaton was one of our most
gifted filmmakers. Through nineteen short
comedies and twelve magnificent features, he
distinguished himself with such seminal works as
Sherlock Jr., The Navigator, Steamboat Bill,
Jr., The Cameraman, and his masterpiece, The
General.nbspNowJames Curtis, admired biographer
of Preston Sturges
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(8220deinitive82218212Variety), W. C. Fields
(8220byfar the fullest, fairest and most
touching account we have yet had. Or are likely
to have82218212Richard Schickel, front page
of The New York Times Book Review), and Spencer
Tracy (8220moumental definitive82218212Kirku
s Reviews), gives us the richest, most
comprehensive life to date of the legendary
actor, stunt artist, screenwriter,
director8212mater.
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