"Cold" comedy master

Osbaldo 2022-04-07 08:01:02

Buster Keaton is known as the "cold-faced comedian", and the character he plays has a look of indifference, but the audience leans back. Perhaps Keaton's characters are too "serious" for the circumstances to make him anxious in any way - even natural and man-made disasters, storms and rolling stones. Keaton's little people are often single-strands, doing simple tasks without feeling boring, but they often invite misfortune. This is a movie that catches up with time, and it is so sad at the end, of course, comedy can still live up to its expectations.

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Extended Reading
  • Wallace 2022-04-07 09:01:08

    Keaton grew up in a theater troupe run by his parents, and when he was 4 years old, he was thrown around on stage by his father (it is said that his father used him as a weapon to successfully beat a person who was unreasonably insulted in the audience. audience of Keaton's mother). He learned how to protect himself in the thrilling action since he was a child, and later used it in movies, "Seven Chances" is an example. The last ten minutes of the movie are like a video game.

  • Delphine 2022-04-08 09:01:13

    It is said that Buster Keaton's film was not very successful. The audience watched the chase scene mostly without laughter, but Keaton later added the stone scene, which became a classic and saved the entire film. The love scenes in Keaton's previous works were usually just an embellishment, and this one became the core. The chasing of thousands of people in the film may be a common tactic in silent comedy, but it was an eye-opener for me.

Seven Chances quotes

  • Jimmie Shannon: Would you marry me?

  • Title Card: By the time Jimmie had reached the church, he had proposed to everything in skirts, including a Scotchman.