The Art of Buster Keaton [10 DVD5s & 1 DVD9]

The Art of Buster Keaton [10 DVD5s & 1 DVD9]
Comedy | 1.33:1 | Black & White | Dolby Digital | English Intertitles
11 Full Original DVD Images (.ISO) = 49GBs | 200MB RARs | NL/FSo/FSe

Ten discs of features (along with some shorts) and a supplementary disc from the greatest comedian of the silent age.



Disc # 1: The Saphead - with shorts One Week, The High Sign
Director: Herbert Blaché
Year: 1920
Buster is a pampered youth who, on his first visit to the stock exchange, thwarts the villain and saves his family's fortune. Includes ONE WEEK (1920) and THE HIGH SIGN (1920)



Disc # 2: Three Ages - with shorts The Goat, My Wife's Relations
Directors: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline and Mal St. Clair
Year: 1923
The first of Keaton's independent features explores love throughout the ages. Including THE GOAT (1921) and MY WIFE'S RELATION (1922).



Disc # 3: Our Hospitality and Sherlock Jr.
Directors: Buster Keaton, John Blystone
Year: 1923/1924
OUR HOSPITALITY (1923) Keaton is a 19th Century New Yorker who inherits a Southern manor only to find himself on the losing side of an age-old fued. SHERLOCK JR. (1924) This Keaton masterpiece rewrote the laws of screen comedy, as Buster leaps through the silver screen into cinematic chaos.



Disc # 4: The Navigator - with shorts The Boat, The Love Nest
Directors: Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp, Eddie Cline
Year: 1924
Mishaps ensue when a pair of spoiled rich kids are set adrift on a ship marked for destruction. Includes short subjects The Boat (1921) and The Love Nest (1923).



Disc # 5: Seven Chances - with shorts Neighbors, The Balloonatic
Director: Buster Keaton
Year: 1925
Forced to marry to win a large inheritance, Keaton must corner his sweetheart while contending with hundreds of would-be brides. Remade in 1999 as The Bachelor.



Disc # 6: Go West - with shorts The Scarecrow, The Paleface
Directors: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline
Year: 1925
Buster stars opposite an affectionate cow in this western farce that demonstrates Keaton's skill at pathos without lessening his own aptitude for epic slapstick. Includes THE SCARECROW (1920) and THE PALEFACE (1921).



Disc # 7: Battling Butler - with shorts The Frozen North, The Haunted House
Directors: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline
Year: 1926
A love-stricken spoiled rich boy must win the heart of Sally O'Neill. by stepping into the boxing ring. Includes THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921) and FROZEN NORTH (1922).



Disc # 8: The General - with shorts Cops, The Playhouse
Directors: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckmann, Eddie Cline
Year: 1926
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The General is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing.



Disc # 9: College - with shorts The Electric House, Hard Luck, The Blacksmith
Directors: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline, James W. Horne, Malcolm St. Clair
Year: 1927
A freshman tries out for all the varsity sports, resulting in hilariously funny athletic failures and a triumphant finale. Includes THE ELECTRIC HOUSE (1922), HARD LUCK (1921) and THE BLACKSMITH (1922).



Disc # 10: Steamboat Bill Jr. - with shorts Convict 13, Daydreams
Director: Charles Reiser
Year: 1928
Buster is caught between two feuding riverboat owners and a brewing hurricane.



Disc # 11: Keaton Plus
In this exclusive collection of cinematic treasures, Kino on Video pays homage to the lesser-known works of the screen's most inventive comedian. Highlights include home movie footage of Keaton in Paris and on the set of The General, scenes from the never-completed Cinemascope musical Ten Girls Ago, excerpts from the rare TV series Life with Buster Keaton, his first dramatic role (Gogol's The Awakening), two 1930s shorts (Allez-Oop! and Jail Bait), commercials, excerpts from his appearance on TV's This Is Your Life and the newly-restored 1921 short Hard Luck.

Film historian John Bengtson (the author of Silent Echoes) has prepared an interactive tour of locations where Keaton's films were shot. An extensive photo gallery reveals family snapshots, images from Keaton's vaudeville years, fascinating behind-the-scenes stills and more.

Contents:

Short Films

* Ten Girls Ago*
* Restorations:
o Hard Luck
o Daydreams*
o The Love Nest*
* Educational shorts:
o Allez-Oop!
o Jail Bait

Television

* The Awakening
* Life with Buster Keaton:
o The Haunted House*
o Gymnasium Story*
o Detective Story*
o The Time Machine*

Commercials

* Phillips 66
* Shamrock Oil (edited and unedited versions)
* Kodak*
* Simon Pure Beer

Home Movies (no audio)

* Filming The General
* Keaton in Paris
* Interview with Keaton

Silent Echoes (from John Bengtson's book)

* Interactive maps
* Case study: The General
* Case study: Cops
* A tour of Keaton's L.A.

Tributes

* This Is Your Life*
* Orson Welles introduces The General
* Lillian Gish introduces College
* Gloria Swanson introduces The General

Photo Gallery

* Family photos
* Vaudeville
* Portraits
* Production stills
* Special effects
* The Later Years

* Excerpts

DVD:
DVD RELEASE: 2001
STUDIO: Kino
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
COLOUR: Black and White
AUDIO: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
INTERTITLES: English
RUNTIME (TOTAL): 1321 mis

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD & 10 Untouched Single-Layer DVDs
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)
FILE SIZE: 4.17-4.35GBs (Keaton Plus = 6.55)
TOTAL FILE SIZE: 48.93GBs